Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF THE AUSTRALIAN CERAMIC SOCIETY, 2025 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
Compositional diversity in bioceramic root canal sealers creates significant variability in fundamental physicochemical and biological properties, making the ideal material selection for clinical success uncertain. The purpose of this study was to compare four bioceramic based sealers, and an epoxy resin-based sealer, in terms of physicochemical properties. In this in vitro study, solubility, pH, dimensional change, radiopacity, flowability, microhardness and setting time tests were applied to the samples prepared using four different bioceramic based root canal sealers (EndoSeal MTA, MTA-Fillapex, Tech BioSealer Endo and Well-Root ST) and AH Plus Jet, an epoxy resin-based root canal sealer. Flowability, setting time, solubility, radiopacity, and dimensional stability were evaluated in accordance with International Standards Organization (ISO) 6876 standards. pH and microhardness were tested with reference to previous studies. Data were compared using ANOVA and post hoc Tukey HSD statistical tests. MTA-Fillapex did not show complete setting even after weeks. Although the flowability value of Tech BioSealer Endo was lower than the other groups (p <= 0.05), it was observed that its microhardness value was the highest (p <= 0.05). The radiopacity of EndoSeal MTA was higher than Well-Root ST and Tech BioSealer Endo (p <= 0.05) but lower than AH Plus Jet (p <= 0.05). All tested sealers showed shrinkage and the shrinkage rate of EndoSeal MTA, Well-Root ST and Tech BioSealer Endo were in compliance with ISO standards (ISO (6876:2001). While the tested bioceramic-based sealers exhibited different physicochemical properties, it was observed that they did not meet ISO (6876) standards in some respects.