Author/Authors :
Silva, Sérgio Ribeiro da Universidade di Vale do Sapucaí (UNIVÁS), Pouso Alegre-MG, Brazil , Silva, José Dias da UNIVÁS, Pouso Alegre-MG, Brazil , Schnaider, Taylor Brandão Department of Surgery - UNIVÁS, Pouso Alegre-MG, Brazil , Veiga, Daniela Francescato Department of Surgery - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil , Novo, Neil Ferreira Department of Biostatistics - UNIVÁS, Pouso Alegre-MG, Brazil , Mesquita, Marcos Department of Biostatistics - UNIVÁS, Pouso Alegre-MG, Brazil , Ferreira, Lydia Masako Department of Surgery - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil
Abstract :
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the clinical applicability of Pozzolana Biologic Silva cement (PBS(r)) in endodontic surgery.
METHODS:
Persistent apical periodontitis was diagnosed in 30 teeth of 12 patients by cone-beam computed tomography (CT). All patients had 2 or 4 affected teeth and underwent endodontic surgery with root-end filling. Patients with 2 affected teeth had one tooth (control) treated with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA-Angelus(r)) as a root-end filling material, and the other tooth treated with PBS (experiment). When the patient had four affected teeth, two of them were treated with MTA and two with PBS. Six months after surgery, all patients were assessed by CT scan. Between-group comparisons of measurements were performed using the Wilcoxon test.
RESULTS:
Periradicular tissue regeneration was observed in all cases. Significant within-group differences in long axes of the lesion were found in the bucco-palatal direction (PBS group, p=0.0012; MTA group, p=0.024) and coronal-apical direction (PBS group, p=0.0007; MTA group, p=0.0015) between pre- and postoperative measurements.
CONCLUSIONS:
Pozzolana Biologic Silva cement can be used in the treatment of persistent periradicular lesions. The clinical use of PBS as a root-end filling material may be an alternative to MTA. PBS has additives, which provide enhanced strength.
