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. 2021 Jan 16;23(4):407–411. doi: 10.4103/JCD.JCD_445_20

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