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A comparative evaluation of ultrasonic irrigation and syringe irrigation in clinical and laboratory study
Faiqah Lanker, Sheetal Reddy
ABSTRACT
Background: The present study was conducted to compare ultrasonic irrigation and syringe irrigation in clinical and laboratory study. Materials & Methods: The present study was conducted on 50 single rooted mandibular premolars. We prepared 2 groups of 25 each. In group I, ultrasonic irrigation and in group II, syringe irrigation was performed. The incidence of pain, quality of root canal filling and the number of obturated lateral canals were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Results: The mean irrigation time in group I was 128.2 seconds and in group II was 217.3 seconds. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). There were 5 cases in group I and 2 cases of incidence of pain in group II. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). In group I, appropriate filling was seen in 21 and under filling in 4 cases and in group II, appropriate filling was seen in 22, over filling in 1 and under filling in 2 cases. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that ultrasonic irrigation has a greater capacity to clean instrumented root canals than syringe irrigation.
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