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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2025

Alakesh Singha, Keshav K Manglam, Nishita Grandhi, Lipsa Bhuyan, Subasish Behera, Soumyaranjan Nanda, Mahesh Ghadage, Bhumika J Patel

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alakesh SinghaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontic, Private Practitioner at Alaka's Odontocare Dental Clinic and Endodontic Centre, Agartala, Tripura, India.
Keshav K ManglamDepartment of Dentistry, MSDASMC, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Nishita GrandhiDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontic, Rishiraj Dental College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Lipsa BhuyanDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Subasish BeheraDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Government Dental College and Hospital (SCB), Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Soumyaranjan NandaDepartment of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Cuttack, Odisha, India.
Mahesh GhadageDepartment of Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Dental College and Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Bhumika J PatelDepartment of Dentistry, Howard University, College of Dentistry, Washington DC, USA.

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Abstract

Background: Because it allows germs to enter the root canal system, microbial leakage is a primary cause of endodontic failure. The goal of various root canal obturation procedures is to create a hermetic seal that stops microbes from penetrating. Materials and Procedures: The ProTaper Universal system was used to prepare 60 removed human mandibular premolars for this Results: The findings demonstrated that 12 samples (60%) in Group 1, eight samples (40%) in Group 2, and 15 samples (75%) in Group 3 had microbial leakage. The single-cone approach showed the largest microbiological leakage, whereas the thermoplasticized gutta-percha group showed the least amount, followed by lateral compaction. According to statistical analysis, there was a significant difference in leakage across the groups ( Conclusion: In contrast to lateral compaction and the single-cone method, thermoplasticized gutta-percha offered the greatest barrier against microbial leakage. This implies that endodontic failure brought on by bacterial contamination may be avoided more successfully using thermoplasticized procedures.

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Lateral compactionmicrobial leakageobturation techniques

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PMCPMC12244734

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