Table 3.
Bioactive Endodontic Cements for root canal filling.
| Name | Manufacturer | Composition | Setting Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| BioRoot RCS (Root canal sealer) | Septodont, Saint-Maur-desFosses Cedex, France | Tricalcium silicate, zirconium oxide (opacifier) and excipients in its powder form, and calcium chloride and excipients as an aqueous liquid | Less than 4 h |
| Endosequence BC (Bioceramic) Sealer | Brasseler, Savannah, GA, USA | Zirconium oxide, calcium silicates, calcium phosphate monobasic, calcium hydroxide, filler and thickening agents. | Setting time is 4 h measured according to ISO 6876:2001. However, in very dry root canals, the setting time can be more than 10 h. |
| iRoot SP (Sealer) | Innovative BioCeramix Inc., Vancouver, Canada | iRoot SP:zirconium oxide, calcium silicates, calcium phosphate, calcium hydroxide, filler and thickening agents | 4 h |
| Tech Biosealer Endo | Isasan, Como, Italy | Mixture of white CEM, calcium sulphate, calcium chloride, bismuth oxide, montmorillonite | Tech Biosealer Endo has a final setting time of 77 min |
| EndoSeal MTA | Maruchi, Wonju, Korea | Calcium silicates, calcium aluminates, calcium aluminoferrite, calcium sulphates, radiopacifier and a thickening agent | 12.31 min |
| MTA Fillapex | Angelus Industria de Produtos Odontologicos S/A, Londrina, Brazil | A MTA root canal sealer with nanoparticles of silica | The material’s setting time is 19.3 min. In dry conditions, the material fails to set |
| TheraCal LC (Light cured) | Bisco Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA | CaO, Sr glass, fumed silica, barium sulphate, barium zirconate, Portland cement type III and resin containing Bis-GMA (bisphenol A-glycidyl methacrylate) and PEGDMA (polyethylene glycol-dimethacrylate) | The setting time has been reported to be 0.3 min because of the use of light cure technology |