Sealing ability of castor oil polymer as a root-end filling material

• Main Authors: Giovana Ribeiro de Martins (Author), Claudio Antonio Talge Carvalho (Author), Marcia Carneiro Valera (Author), Luciane Dias de Oliveira (Author), Leonardo Buso (Author), Alessandra Sverberi Carvalho (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the sealing ability of castor oil polymer (COP), mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and glass ionomer cement (GIC) as root-end filling materials. Forty-five single-rooted human teeth were cleaned and prepared using a step-back technique. The apical...