ArticleHeliyon2023
Effect of calcium silicate-based endodontic sealers on tooth color: A 3-year
Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Tooth Discoloration Induced by Endodontic Sealers of Different Chemical Bases: A Systematic Review.Brazilian dental journal · 2024Pooled it
- Long-term tooth discoloration induced by apical plugs with hydraulic calcium silicate-based cements in bovine teeth with open apices - a 6-year in-vitro study.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Bioceramics in Endodontics: Limitations and Future Innovations-A Review.Dentistry journal · 2025Review
- Influence of minimally invasive cavities on color stability of dental crowns with different filling sealers.Brazilian oral research · 2024Article
- Tooth discoloration induced by endodontic sealers and cervical limit: 1-year in vitro evaluation.Brazilian dental journalArticle
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Abstract
Objective: To analyze the change in tooth color produced by two hydraulic and one resin-based sealers by means of spectrophotometry for 3 years. Methods: Forty maxillary anterior teeth were selected (n = 10 per group). Root canals were prepared by rotary instrumentation and irrigation was performed with NaOCl, which was also used in the final irrigation, followed by saline and activated with Endoactivator. Root canals were then filled using single cone technique. Negative control (NC): gutta-percha filling; Positive control: gutta-percha and AH Plus; experimental groups: gutta-percha and Bioroot RCS/TotalFill BC Sealer. Gutta-percha was cut 2 mm below the cementoenamel junction, the pulp chamber was sealed with flowable composite. The teeth were kept in PBS. Color was measured in the cervical and incisal halves before root canal treatment (RCT), one and six months after RCT, and after one, two and three years, with the Vita EasyShade spectrophotometer; positioned using an individualized splint. ΔE Results: In the incisal half, in decreasing order of darkening, the groups at three years were ordered according to the ΔE Conclusions: All groups presented some degree of discoloration. Lightness and b* component were the most influential. Calcium silicate-based cements (Bioroot RCS and TotalFill BC Sealer) produced acceptable levels of discoloration at the end of follow-up.
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