Title
Penetration depth of different irrigants in simulated lateral canals
Authors
Sonali Bansal1, Niladri Maiti2,*, Tejal Gowda3, Ravi Ranjan Sinha4, Sidhartha S P Behera5 & Rajshekhar Chatterjee6
Affiliation
1Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar, India; 2Department of Dentistry, Central Asian University, Uzbekistan; 3Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Dayanand Sagar College of Dental Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; 4Department of Prosthodontics Crown and Bridge, Oxford Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India; 5Department of Prosthodontics, S B Patil Institute for Dental Sciences and Research, Bidar, Karnataka, India; 6Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Gurunanak Institution of Dental Science and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India; *Corresponding author
Sonali Bansal - E - mail: sonalibansal1526@gmail.com
Niladri Maiti - E - mail: m.niladri@centralasian.uz
Tejal Gowda - E - mail: tejalgowda2303@gmail.com
Ravi Ranjan Sinha - E - mail: r.ravi.sinha@gmail.com
Sidhartha S P Behera - E - mail: drsidentb@gmail.com
Rajshekhar Chatterjee - E - mail: rajshekharc86@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025
Abstract
Proper root canal disinfection needs lateral canals to receive irrigant penetration so that microbial biofilms can be eliminated. Therefore, it is of interest to investigate using confocal laser scanning microscopy how deep NaOCl (5.25%) and CHX (2%) and EDTA (17%) solution penetrated into 60 extracted teeth. NaOCl demonstrated the longest penetration depth at 750 ± 50 μm and trialed EDTA at 620 ± 40 μm and CHX with 480 ± 35 μm penetration depths. Better diffusion is seen in the coronal section (p < 0.05). Thus, NaOCl is the best irrigating agent for disinfecting lateral canals.
Keywords
Lateral canals, irrigants penetration, sodium hypochlorite, chlorhexidine, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), root canal disinfection
Citation
Bansal et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 797-800 (2025)
Edited by
Hiroj Bagde MDS, (PhD), PGDCR, PGDHHM, PGDL, PGDM
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
