Evaluation of Glyde File Prep in combination with sodium hypochlorite as a root canal irrigant

J Endod. 2002 Apr;28(4):300-3. doi: 10.1097/00004770-200204000-00010.

Abstract

The purpose of this study using a scanning electron microscope was to investigate the efficacy of four different irrigation techniques after canal preparation with Profile Ni-Ti rotary instruments. A modified technique for the use of Glyde File Prep is proposed. Forty anterior teeth were divided into four groups, instrumented, and irrigated as follows: physiological solution (group A), 2.5% sodium hypochlorite (group B), 2.5% sodium hypochlorite and Glyde File Prep (group C), and 2.5% sodium hypochlorite and Glyde File Prep applied at the end of the preparation with sterile paper points (group D). After scanning electron microscopic evaluation at three different levels, debris, smear layer, and dentinal tubules were scored. Groups A and B had significantly more smear layer and less open tubules on the canal walls compared with the group C and group D samples. Differences in the mean amount of debris between group A samples and other irrigation regimes were statistically significant.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Chelating Agents / administration & dosage
  • Chelating Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Dental Alloys
  • Dental Pulp Cavity / drug effects
  • Dental Pulp Cavity / ultrastructure
  • Dentin / drug effects
  • Dentin / ultrastructure
  • Disinfectants / administration & dosage
  • Disinfectants / therapeutic use*
  • Edetic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Edetic Acid / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nickel
  • Paper
  • Root Canal Irrigants / administration & dosage
  • Root Canal Irrigants / therapeutic use*
  • Root Canal Preparation / instrumentation
  • Root Canal Preparation / methods*
  • Rotation
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Smear Layer
  • Sodium Hypochlorite / administration & dosage
  • Sodium Hypochlorite / therapeutic use*
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Titanium

Substances

  • Chelating Agents
  • Dental Alloys
  • Disinfectants
  • Root Canal Irrigants
  • titanium nickelide
  • Nickel
  • Edetic Acid
  • Titanium
  • Sodium Hypochlorite