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DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1791685
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Temperature Changes of NaOCl after Irrigation Using Passive Ultrasonic Irrigation, Easy Clean, and XP-Endo Finisher: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial

Geraldo Edson Freitas Athayde de Moraes 
1   Conservative surgery Department, Collage of Oral and Dental Surgery, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, Egypt
,
Daniel Guimarães Pedro Rocha 
2   Oral Pathology department, Faculty of Dentistry, Sinai University, Kantara Campus, Ismailia, Egypt
,
Carlos Eduardo Fontana 
2   Oral Pathology department, Faculty of Dentistry, Sinai University, Kantara Campus, Ismailia, Egypt
,
Rina Andréa Pelegrine 
1   Conservative surgery Department, Collage of Oral and Dental Surgery, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, Egypt
,
Alexandre Sigrist de Martin 
1   Conservative surgery Department, Collage of Oral and Dental Surgery, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, Egypt
,
Índia Olinta De Azevedo Queiroz 
3   Pediatric Dentistry & Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, Sinai university, Kantara Campus, Ismailia, Egypt
,
Carlos Eduardo da Silveira Bueno 
1   Conservative surgery Department, Collage of Oral and Dental Surgery, Misr University for Science and Technology (MUST), Giza, Egypt
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Abstract

Objective

The aim of this study was to evaluate the temperature changes of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) after the use of different activation techniques: passive ultrasonic irrigation (PUI), XP-Endo Finisher (XP), and Easy Clean (EC).

Materials and Methods

Thirty patients were selected for this randomized crossover study and each patient received root canal treatment in maxillary incisor. Each tooth was subjected to three activation techniques in a random order in the final irrigation of the treatment. All irrigation was performed using a 2.5% NaOCl solution, with the solution's temperature stabilized at 21°C (baseline) in the syringe. No agitation was used as a control before the use of the devices. After each activation technique, the intracanal temperature was measured using a K-type thermocouple. Statistical analyses were performed using Kruskal–Wallis and Dunn tests.

Results

Temperatures remain in the range of 21.0 to 21.2°C at baseline and were higher in the control (29.5–34.1°C), PUI (29.9–34.2°C), EC (29.8–35.6°C), and XP (29.9–34.7°C) groups. The temperature average of the baseline period was inferior to those observed in all groups; moreover, despite of temperature changes among the control and all experimental groups no difference between them were identified.

Conclusion

The temperature increase caused by activation with PUI, EC, and XP was similar and did not exceed the levels observed when no agitation was performed.

Keywords

endodontics - sodium hypochlorite - temperature


Publication History

Article published online:
12 March 2025

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