| Title |
Mineral Trioxide Aggregate is not Superior than Super Ethoxy-Benzoic Acid as Root-End Filling Materials in Endodontic Microsurgery |
| Clinical Question |
Is MTA superior compared to Super-EBA as a root-end filling material during endodontic microsurgery? |
| Clinical Bottom Line |
No significant difference in the clincial outcomes of endodontic microsurgery when Super-EBA and MTA were used as root-end filling materials. |
| Best Evidence |
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| PubMed ID |
Author / Year |
Patient Group |
Study type
(level of evidence) |
| 22703646 | Song/2012 | 260 teeth eligible for endodontic microsurgery | Cohort randomized controlled study | | Key results | The success rate of 95.6% (86/90 teeth) for MTA and 93.1% (95/102 teeth) for Super EBA. The statistical analysis of the success rate results did not show any significant difference between the groups (P=.472). | |
| Evidence Search |
MTA and Super EBA |
Comments on
The Evidence |
The study was done with adequate number of subjects under randomized controlled study. |
| Applicability |
MTA and Super-EBA can be applied to root-end endodontic surgery patients. |
| Specialty |
(Endodontics) (General Dentistry) |
| Keywords |
MTA and Super-EBA
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| ID# |
2310 |
| Date of submission |
08/03/2012 |
| E-mail |
kimj8@livemail.uthscsa.edu |
| Author |
Jongsung Kim |
| Co-author(s) |
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| Co-author(s) e-mail |
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| Faculty mentor |
Fabricio Teixeira, DDS, MS, PhD |
| Faculty mentor e-mail |
fabricio-teixeira@uiowa.edu |
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Basic Science Rationale
(Mechanisms that may account for and/or explain the clinical question, i.e. is the answer to the clinical question consistent with basic biological, physical and/or behavioral science principles, laws and research?) |
| None available | |
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Comments and Evidence-Based Updates on the CAT
(FOR PRACTICING DENTISTS', FACULTY, RESIDENTS and/or STUDENTS COMMENTS ON PUBLISHED CATs) |
| None available | |