@article{8772904,
  abstract     = {{This study compared different methods for cleaning the sealer-contaminated access cavity of upper incisors. After standard endodontic access, the canals of 50 extracted maxillary incisors were chemomechanically prepared and obturated with gutta-percha and epoxy resin sealer. Teeth were randomly assigned to one of five different pulp chamber cleaning protocols (n = 10): air/water spray, ethanol-saturated cotton pellet (CP), ethanol-saturated microbrush reaching the root filling (MB), MB + air polishing (PROPHYflex; KaVo), or MB + etching with 37% phosphoric acid. Each tooth was split and the sealer-covered area of the pulp chamber was determined on images taken before and after cleaning using image analysis software. The sealer-covered area was compared across groups using one-way ANOVA. Greatest mean sealer-covered area reduction was observed for MB + etching (98.0%), MB + air polishing (95.2%), and MB alone (92.8%), yielding a significantly higher sealer-covered area reduction than after air/water spray (8.3%) and ethanol-saturated cotton pellet (53.4%). The upper incisor access cavity is best cleaned with an ethanol-saturated microbrush reaching up to the root filling, followed by air/water spraying and etching. The use of cotton pellets should be discouraged.}},
  articleno    = {{e12894}},
  author       = {{Boderé, Pieter-Jan and Calberson, Filip and De Bruyne, Mieke and De Moor, Roeland and Meire, Maarten}},
  issn         = {{0909-8836}},
  journal      = {{EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORAL SCIENCES}},
  keywords     = {{General Dentistry,root canal sealant,incisor,epoxy resin,dental pulp cavity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{7}},
  title        = {{Protocols for cleaning the incisor access cavity contaminated with epoxy resin sealer}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1111/eos.12894}},
  volume       = {{130}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}

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