Table 1.
Results obtained according to confocal laser scanning microscopy image browser analysis as mean±standard deviations
| RT | Penetration depth (microns) | Percentage of penetration depth (%) | Penetration percentage (%) into dentinal tubules | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coronal third | Coronal third | Coronal third | |||||||
| MTA Fillapex | Bioroot RCS | AH 26 | MTA Fillapex | Bioroot RCS | AH 26 | MTA Fillapex | Bioroot RCS | AH 26 | |
| NS | 2157.9±246.75A,a,* | 2315.30±339.84A,a,* | 1735.76±448.20A,b,* | 86.22±9.71A,a,* | 90.15±9.90A,a,* | 69.43±17.93A,b,* | 76.73±26.12A,a,b,* | 94.85±8.33A,b,* | 57.10±27.88A,a,* |
| S | 1880.4±164.42A,a,* | 2102.33±337.82A,a,* | 1150.47±454.15B,b,* | 75.22±6.58A,a,* | 83.68±12.89A,a,* | 46.02±18.17B,b,* | 69.24±25.79A,a,* | 78.10±20.29A,a,* | 54.41±19.72A,b,* |
| Middle third | Middle third | Middle third | |||||||
| NS | 1779.24±408.33A,a,^ | 1964.88±289.66A,a,^ | 917.62±575.72A,b,^ | 86.58±17.91A,a,* | 93.39±10.18A,a,* | 45.88±28.79A,b,^ | 66.30±20.57A,a* | 87.20±12.40A,a,* | 36.80±30.21A,b,^ |
| S | 1370.52±444.22B,a,^ | 1872.70±512.66A,b,* | 1135.87±277.31A,a* | 68.53±22.21B,a,b,* | 86.31±18.80A,b,* | 56.79±13.87A,a,* | 62.94±26.88A,a,b,* | 77.50±11.81A,a,* | 49.00±14.42A,b,* |
| Apical third | Apical third | Apical third | |||||||
| NS | 1230.57±579.85A,a# | 1363.04±399.99A,a,# | 277.17±211.82A,b,# | 73.26±27.50A,a,* | 83.83±19.12A,a,* | 18.48±14.12A,b,# | 59.59±14.99A,a,* | 82.55±11.23A,b,* | 15.55±12.99A,c,# |
| S | 850.75±667.79A,a# | 1364.53±519.87A,a,^ | 977.94±407.19B,a,* | 53.69±40.47A,a,* | 81.08±25.62A,a,* | 63.53±23.96B,a,* | 40.97±30.42B,a,^ | 67.35±13.81A,b,* | 45.29±17.23B,a,* |
A,BWithin rows (sealer and third: same; retreatment group: different) means followed by the same uppercase letter are not significantly different from each other (P>0.05), a,b,cWithin columns (retreatment group and third: same; sealer: different), means followed by the same lowercase letter are not significantly different from each other (P>0.05), *,^,#Within rows (retreatment group and sealer: same; third: different), means followed by the same sign are not significantly different from each other (P>0.05). S: Solvent group NS: No solvent group, RT: Retreatment techniques