Canal disinfection using photo-chemically activated micro-bubble emulsion, Emblica officinalis, and Nd: YAP laser on smear layer and push-out bond strength of resin-based root canal sealer to the radicular dentin.

Aims: Evaluation of the effects of the latest root canal disinfectants i.e., Micro-bubble emulsion (MBE), Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum perovskite (Nd: YAP), Emblica officinalis (E.

Pretreatment of Root Dentin Using Photon-Induced Photoacoustic Streaming, Photodynamic Therapy, and Riboflavin with EDTA as a Final Irrigant to Improve Bond Integrity of Glass Fiber Post.

To evaluate the outcome of post space disinfection using Er,Cr:YSGG laser (ECYL), riboflavin photosensitizer (RFP), and photon-induced photoacoustic streaming (PIPS) along with ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) as final irrigant on the bond values of glass fiber post (GFP) to the canal wall. Forty human mandibular premolars were subjected to root canal treatment after decoronation till the cementoenamel junction. Post space was prepared using a Gates-Glidden drill leaving 4 mm of gutta perch at the apical third of the root section.

Exploring the Most Effective Apical Seal for Contemporary Bioceramic and Conventional Endodontic Sealers Using Three Obturation Techniques.

Despite a plethora of studies conducted to date, researchers continue to investigate the best sealer and obturation technique combinations. The aim of this study is to compare the apical seal provided by two bioceramic sealers (Endoseal and Endosequence) with that provided by a calcium hydroxide sealer (Sealapex), and to evaluate the effect of different obturation techniques (cold lateral condensation, continuous wave compaction and single cone) on the apical seal under a stereomicroscope. A total of 110 single-rooted mandibular premolar teeth were decoronated, cleaned and shaped using the Endosequence filing system to tip size 30/0.

Efficacy of curcumin-mediated photodynamic therapy for root canal therapy procedures: A systematic review.

Background: This systematic review aimed to investigate the effectiveness of CUR-mediated PDT (Curcumin mediated PDT) as an adjunct to conventional chemo-mechanical debridement and/or standard PDT of the RC system with endodontic infections.

Methods: The focused research question was: "Whether the application Curcumin mediated PDT as an adjunct is more effective than the traditional chemo-mechanical debridement and/or standard PDT of the RC system alone for improving antibacterial and/or mechanical features among subjects undergoing RCT?". An electronic literature search was performed in Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Science.

Comparative Study Assessing the Canal Cleanliness Using Automated Device and Conventional Syringe Needle for Root Canal Irrigation-An Ex-Vivo Study.

The success of endodontic treatment relies on both apical and coronal sealing. To achieve a good three-dimensional seal, the removal of the smear layer becomes mandatory. This study aims to assess the difference in debris accumulation and smear layer formation while using automated root canal irrigation and conventional syringe needle irrigation.

Gene and protein interaction network analysis in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition of Hertwig's Epithelial Root Sheath reveals periodontal regenerative drug targets - An in silico study.

Background And Aim: Hertwig's Εpithelial Root Sheath (HΕRS) has a major function in the developing tooth roots. Earlier research revealed that it undergoes epithelial-mesenchymal transition, a vital process for the morphogenesis and complete development of the tooth and its surrounding periodontium. Few studies have demonstrated the role of HERS in cementogenesis through ΕMΤ.

Extrusion bond strength of glass fiber post to radicular dentin after final irrigation using MTAD, EDTA, Pineapple peel extract, and Riboflavin.

Introduction: The present study aims to determine the effect of different post-space final irrigants ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), a mixture of Doxycycline citric acid and detergent (MTAD), Riboflavin (RF) and Pineapple peel extract (PPE) on the bond integrity of GFPs bonded to radicular dentin.

Materials And Methods: Crowns of forty human mandibular premolars teeth were sectioned up to cementoenamel junction CEJ. Root canal treatment was performed.

Effect of Different Intracanal Medicaments on the Viability and Survival of Dental Pulp Stem Cells.

Background: Stem cells play an important role in the success of regenerative endodontic procedures. They are affected by the presence of medicaments that are used before the induction of bleeding or the creation of a scaffold for endodontic regeneration. This study examines the effects of different intracanal medicaments on the viability and survival of dental pulp stem cells at different doses and over different exposure times.

Analysis of occupational stress, burnout, and job satisfaction among dental practitioners.

Background: Dental practitioners can be prone to stress because of the long working hours, high patient expectations, and work environment.

Objective: To investigate dimensions of occupational stress among dental practitioners leading to burnout and to model its causality with job satisfaction.

Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted for five months.

Radicular canal disinfection using photodynamic therapy and sodium hypochlorite following three chelating agents' green tea extract, grape extract, and EDTA on the push-out bond strength of epoxy resin-based sealer.

Aim: To appraise the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) and conventional regime (NaOCl) following three chelating agents ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), Green tea extract (GTE), grape extract (GE) on pushout bond strength (PBS) of epoxy resin-based sealer with root dentin.

Material And Methods: 60 single-rooted human teeth were prepped using a ProTaper system and cleansed using photodynamic therapy (PDT) and 5% NaOCl (n = 30 each). Samples in each group PDT and 5% NaOCl were further divided into 6 sub-group (n = 10) based on the chelating agents used: 17% EDTA, GTE, and GE.

Radicular canal disinfection using photon-induced photoacoustic streaming and riboflavin photosensitizer to silver diamine fluoride and diode laser bonded to fiber post: An assessment of extrusion bond strength.

Aim: The present study aimed to estimate and compare the effectiveness of different innovative canal cleansing approaches photon induced photoacoustic streaming (PIPS) Riboflavin Photosensitizer (RF), Diode Laser, and silver diamine fluoride (SDF) on push out bond strength (PBS) of fiber post cemented to radicular dentin MATERIAL AND METHODS: Forty extracted premolars were disinfected and decoronated up to the cement-o-enamel junction. Canals of all specimens were cleaned and shaped utilizing a reciprocating system. Post space was created by employing peso-reamers and samples were randomized into four groups based on methods of disinfection (n = 10).

Risk analysis of factors in clinical anxiety among undergraduate and postgraduate students in dentistry.

Background: When anxiety is persistent among dental students, the consequence could be poor academic performance, ill health, lack of empathy, and exhaustion.

Objective: This study aimed to determine the level of anxiety along with anxiety-provoking factors among clinical dental students.

Methods: This study included dental undergraduate and postgraduate clinical students from a public university.

Influence of synthetic and natural photosensitizers activated by photodynamic therapy on extrusion bond strength of fiber post to radicular dentin.

Objective: To assess the effect of different photosensitizers activated by low-level laser therapy on EBS of glass fiber post to radicular dentin.

Methods: This study was conducted at King Saud University from January 2021 to March 202. Fifty maxillary central incisors were sanitized and decoronated.

Saving a Natural Tooth in the Implant Era: A Case Report on Noninvasive Surgical Root Amputation.

Aim: This report highlights the use of a seldom-used treatment modality to save a diseased multirooted tooth, as an alternative to extraction and implant.

Background: Root-resection therapy is a simple surgical procedure performed by an endodontist or periodontist to save a multirooted tooth with furcation involvement and/or defective root.

Case Description: A 64-year-old female patient reported a strip perforation in the distobuccal (DB) root of the maxillary left first molar.

Ethnical Anatomical Differences in Mandibular First Permanent Molars between Indian and Saudi Arabian Subpopulations: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study.

Aim And Objective: The variation in the anatomy of the root canal system has anthropological and demographic significances. The aim of this study was to compare the number of roots, root canals, and internal canal morphology of permanent mandibular first molars between Indian and Saudi Arabian populations.

Materials And Methods: A total of 523 (255 teeth of Indian sample and 268 teeth of Saudi Arabian sample) mandibular first molar (M1) were included for comparative analysis using cone-beam computed tomography images based on the inclusion criteria.

Complete Obturation-Cold Lateral Condensation vs. Thermoplastic Techniques: A Systematic Review of Micro-CT Studies.

Unlabelled: To prevent re-infection and provide a hermetic seal of the root canal system, an endodontist must aim to produce a void-free obturation. This review aimed to compare the completeness of root canal obturation between the two most prevalent methods-cold lateral condensation and warm gutta-percha techniques-using micro-CT (PROSPERO reg no. 249815).

Prevalence of Missed Canals and Their Association with Apical Periodontitis in Posterior Endodontically Treated Teeth: A CBCT Study.

Background: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of missed canals in endodontically treated teeth and their association with apical periodontitis in a Saudi Arabian population using CBCT.

Materials And Methods: A total of 208 CBCT radiographs were investigated. For each tooth, radiographs of axial, coronal, and sagittal segments were acquired to appraise the external as well as the internal structure of the root canal system and apical area.

Efficacy of Different Endodontic Irrigant Activation Techniques on Debris Removal from the Mesial Root Canal System of Mandibular Molars.

Aim And Objective: This study was conducted to compare debris removal from the mesial canal system with four different irrigation techniques: sonic activation with EDDY, passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI), mechanical activation with the XP-endo Finisher (XPF), and manual dynamic irrigation (MDI) with gutta-percha.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six extracted mandibular molars with isthmus in the apical 5 mm in mesial roots were sectioned horizontally at 3 mm and 5 mm from the apex. The sections were reassembled, and the mesial canals were prepared chemomecahanically.

Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Differentiation, Secretome and Stemness of Stem Cells from Human Exfoliated Deciduous Tooth (SHEDs).

Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs) are considered a type of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) because of their unique origin from the neural crest. SHEDs can self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation with the ability to differentiate into odontoblasts, osteoblast, chondrocytes, neuronal cells, hepatocytes, adipocytes, etc. They are emerging as an ideal source of MSCs because of their easy availability and extraordinary cell number.

Taurine Augments Telomerase Activity and Promotes Chondrogenesis in Dental Pulp Stem Cells.

Background: Stem cell therapy has become an advanced and state-of-the-art procedure to regenerate lost tissues of the human body. Cartilage repair is a challenging task in which stem cells find potential application. One of the important biologic modifiers that can cause chondrogenic differentiation of stem cells is taurine.

Influence of Different Conditioning Treatments on the Bond Integrity of Root Dentin to rGO Infiltrated Dentin Adhesive. SEM, EDX, FTIR and MicroRaman Study.

The present study aimed to synthesize and equate the mechanical properties and dentin interaction of two adhesives; experimental adhesive (EA) and 5 wt.% reduced graphene oxide rGO) containing adhesive. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), Micro-Raman spectroscopy, push-out bond strength test, and Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were employed to study nano-bond strength, degree of conversion (DC), and adhesive-dentin interaction.

Influence of adjunctive photodynamic therapy (curcumin) on the extrusion bond strength of radicular dentin to contemporary root canal sealers.

Objective: The aim was to compare Photodynamic therapy (PDT) as an adjunct to NaOCl and EDTA on the extrusion bond strength (EBS) of AH Plus (AH), Sealapex (SA) and MTA Fillapex (MF) root canal sealers.

Materials And Method: Root canal treatment for human teeth (n = 60) using protaper universal system was performed followed by irrigation with NaOCl/ EDTA. Samples were divided (n = 30) based on disinfection technique, NaOCl/EDTA and NaOCl/EDTA with PDT (Curcumin-PS-CP) as an adjunct.

Anatomical Evaluation of Mandibular Molars in a Saudi Population: An In Vivo Cone-Beam Computed Tomography Study.

Objective: This study assessed the canal configuration of mandibular molars according to Vertucci's classification of a Saudi population using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).

Methods: A total of 290 first and 367 second mandibular molars were analyzed. The CBCT images were evaluated in three sections to inspect the number of roots and canals and canal system.