The effect of calcium hydroxide placement on pH and calcium concentration in periapical environment: An in vitro study.
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2012-03
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Aims: Comparing the calcium concentration and pH levels of Ca(OH) 2 medicament placing in pulp chamber and root canal.
Materials and Methods: Ninety-nine extracted human mandibular second premolars were instrumented to size #40 k file. Nine teeth served as the control group and the remaining teeth were assigned into two groups. Group 1-Ca(OH) 2 was placed in the dried pulp chamber, while root canals remained wet with normal saline; group 2-Ca(OH) 2 was placed in dried root canals. In control group, canals remained wet without medication. Each group was divided into 3 sub-groups of 15 teeth in which pH and calcium concentration were measured in three intervals of 2 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks by pH meter and atomic absorption spectrometer system, respectively. Findings were assessed using Kruskal-Wallis and t-test.
Results: At 1 and 2 weeks, the calcium concentration had increased without being significantly different from Ca(OH) 2 placed either in the root canal or in the pulp chamber. Ca(OH) 2 placed in the pulp chamber or root canal provided similar pH values (P=0.362).
Conclusions: Placing Ca(OH) 2 in pulp chamber is as effective as placing it in the root canal.
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Ca(OH) 2, calcium, pH, periapical
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Barekatain Behnaz, Hasheminia Seyed Mohsen, Shadmehr Elham, Attary Zeinab. The effect of calcium hydroxide placement on pH and calcium concentration in periapical environment: An in vitro study. Indian Journal of Dental Research. 2012 Mar-Apr; 23(2): 226-229.