Adesão dos cimentos Epiphany SE e iRoot SP: Resistência à tração e mapeamento dentinário por microscopia digital

• Autor(a) principal: Reis, Claudia Mendonça
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/13958
• topic: Dental cements; Dentin; Adhesion (Endodontics); Tensile strenght; Cimentos dentários; Dentina; Adesão (Endodontia); Resistência à tração; Endodontia Métodos experimentais; Adesivos dentinários; Canal radicular - Tratamento; Microscopia; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA::ENDODONTIA

The present study aimed at evaluating the effect of dentine microstructure on the adhesion of modern endodontic sealers through: the development of a method to characterize the microstructure of dentine; the measurement of tensile strength of the sealers Epiphany SE, iRoot SP and AH Plus; the correlation between the data obtained from microstructural characterization and tensile tests. Thirty recently extracted unerupted third molars were mounted in epoxy resin and sectioned 0.5 mm below the enamel-dentine junction. Twelve samples were descarded because pulp chamber exposure during the metallographic procedure. From each tooth an analysis region 3,25 mm in diameter was mapped employing digital optical microscopy techniques to acquire ~ 400 images assembled in mosaic form; image analysis to produce results of tubule count (QT) and area fraction (FAT) in the mosaic; conversion of the mosaic image onto a color map in which colors are directly related to tubule area density. The remaining 18 samples were divided into 3 groups (N=6), according to sealer type, to prepare tensile test specimens. The values of bond strenght (RU) were statistically analyzed with the unpaired t test with Welch correction, and by the F test to compare variances. The FAT and QT data were submitted to the D'Agostino & Pearson test, and were shown to be non-normal (P>0.05), what indicates great sampling variability. The Epiphany SE sealer showed much lower values of RU as compared to AH Plus (P<0.05). The CP s of iRoot SP failed prematurely and were not analyzed. The application of the Spearman r test did not show significant correlation between FAT and RU (P>0.05). A variable pressure SEM was used to qualitatively evaluate the fracture surface after the tensile tests. The analysis revealed a pattern of mixed fracture for AH Plus and Epiphany SE, and differences in size and shape of sealer particles, what can have an influence on mechanical behavior. Within the employed sampling, no significant correlation between microstructure and bond strenght was found.