TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of powder-to-water ratio on radiopacity, setting time, pH, calcium ion release and a micro-CT volumetric solubility of white mineral trioxide aggregate
AU - Cavenago, B. C.
AU - Pereira, T. C.
AU - Duarte, M. A.H.
AU - Ordinola-Zapata, R.
AU - Marciano, M. A.
AU - Bramante, C. M.
AU - Bernardineli, N.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Aim: To evaluate the radiopacity, setting time, pH level, calcium ion release and solubility of white mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA; Angelus, Londrina, Pr, Brazil) with different powder-to-water ratios. Methodology: Three MTA groups were prepared using 4 : 1, 3 : 1 and 2 : 1 powder-to-water ratios. For the radiopacity analysis, the 10 × 1 mm specimens were arranged on occlusal films with a cylinder of dentine and an aluminium stepwedge. The digitized radiographs were evaluated with Digora 1.51 software to determine the radiographic density. The setting time test was performed according to the American Society for Testing and Materials 266/08 standard specifications, but the specimens were made according to International Organization for Standardization 6876:2001. Thirty acrylic teeth with root-end filling material were immersed in ultrapure water for measurement of pH level and calcium ion release (atomic absorption spectrophotometer) at 3, 24, 72 and 168 h. In the solubility test, the root-end fillings of 30 acrylic teeth were scanned twice by a Micro-CT, before and after immersion in ultrapure water for 168 h. Digital data were reconstructed, and the volume (mm3) of the samples was obtained using CTan software (CTan v1.11.10.0, SkyScan). The data were statistically analysed by the anova, Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn's tests. Results: The radiopacity was higher (P < 0.05) when the 4 : 1 proportion was utilized. The setting time was longer, and the pH level and calcium ion release were higher (P < 0.05) with a greater volume of water. The group with more water (2 : 1) had significantly (P < 0.05) more material volume loss (6.46%) compared with the other groups. Conclusions: The ratio of powder/water significantly interfered with the physical and chemical properties of white MTA Angelus.
AB - Aim: To evaluate the radiopacity, setting time, pH level, calcium ion release and solubility of white mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA; Angelus, Londrina, Pr, Brazil) with different powder-to-water ratios. Methodology: Three MTA groups were prepared using 4 : 1, 3 : 1 and 2 : 1 powder-to-water ratios. For the radiopacity analysis, the 10 × 1 mm specimens were arranged on occlusal films with a cylinder of dentine and an aluminium stepwedge. The digitized radiographs were evaluated with Digora 1.51 software to determine the radiographic density. The setting time test was performed according to the American Society for Testing and Materials 266/08 standard specifications, but the specimens were made according to International Organization for Standardization 6876:2001. Thirty acrylic teeth with root-end filling material were immersed in ultrapure water for measurement of pH level and calcium ion release (atomic absorption spectrophotometer) at 3, 24, 72 and 168 h. In the solubility test, the root-end fillings of 30 acrylic teeth were scanned twice by a Micro-CT, before and after immersion in ultrapure water for 168 h. Digital data were reconstructed, and the volume (mm3) of the samples was obtained using CTan software (CTan v1.11.10.0, SkyScan). The data were statistically analysed by the anova, Tukey, Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn's tests. Results: The radiopacity was higher (P < 0.05) when the 4 : 1 proportion was utilized. The setting time was longer, and the pH level and calcium ion release were higher (P < 0.05) with a greater volume of water. The group with more water (2 : 1) had significantly (P < 0.05) more material volume loss (6.46%) compared with the other groups. Conclusions: The ratio of powder/water significantly interfered with the physical and chemical properties of white MTA Angelus.
KW - Chemical and physical properties
KW - MTA
KW - Material testing
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U2 - 10.1111/iej.12120
DO - 10.1111/iej.12120
M3 - Article
C2 - 23647286
AN - SCOPUS:84891830369
SN - 0143-2885
VL - 47
SP - 120
EP - 126
JO - International Endodontic Journal
JF - International Endodontic Journal
IS - 2
ER -