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Effect of Various Sealers on Healing of Teeth With Apical Periodontitis: A Clinical Study

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What is being tested

Zinc oxide based sealer

+ Epoxy resin based sealer

+ Bioactive silicone based sealer

Procedure
Who is being recruted

Jaw Diseases+4

+ Stomatognathic Diseases

+ Mouth Diseases

From 18 to 60 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Interventional
Study Start: November 2016
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Summary

Principal SponsorPostgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: November 1, 2016

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Various sealers with different chemical composition and properties are available but it is yet not clear if one sealer is superior to other in terms of healing of apical periodontitis. Three different groups of sealers will be used- a zinc oxide based sealer, an epoxy resin based sealer and a bioactive silicone based sealer. Mature mandibular permanent molar with the diagnosis of apical periodontitis (as confirmed clinically \& by periapical radiograph) will be chosen for the study. Primary non surgical root canal treatment will be performed. The sealer will be randomly selected just before obturation of root canals. The patient will be allotted to one of the three groups. * Group I: Zinc oxide eugenol sealer group. The material will be mixed according to manufacturer instructions and applied to canals using a lentulospiral and the obturation will be performed. * Group II: Epoxy resin based sealer group. The material will be mixed according to the manufacturer's instructions and obturation will be done. * Group III: Bioactive silicone based sealer: The material will be used according to the manufacturer's instruction and obturation will be performed

Official TitleEffect of Various Sealers on Healing of Teeth With Apical Periodontitis: A Clinical Study
NCT03397875
Principal SponsorPostgraduate Institute of Dental Sciences Rohtak
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

99 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 60 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Jaw DiseasesStomatognathic DiseasesMouth DiseasesPeriapical DiseasesPeriapical PeriodontitisPeriodontal DiseasesPeriodontitis

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: The inclusion criteria of the study will include: * Patient willing to participate in the study. * Age \>18 years. * No history of antibiotic use within the past month or requiring antibiotic premedication * No history of prior analgesic use during past 24 hrs. * Mature permanent mandibular molar having apical periodontitis requiring primary root canal treatment. * There must be a radiographic evidence of periapical radiolucency (minimum size 2mmx2mm) and a diagnosis of pulpal necrosis, as confirmed by negative response to cold and electrical tests; and absence of bleeding on entering the pulp chamber Exclusion Criteria: * Re-treatment * Unwillingness of patients * The presence of a difficult canal anatomy (root canals with an extreme curvature ≥30 deg), internal or external resorption and immature teeth. * Accident or complication during treatment (calcified canals ,inability to achieve apical patency in any canals) Immuno-compromised, diabetic, pregnant and hypertensive patients. * Teeth that are peridontally compromised

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

3 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Active Comparator
After root canal treatment obturation with gutta percha will be done using zinc oxide based sealer.

Group II

Experimental
After root canal treatment obturation with gutta percha will be done using epoxy resin based sealer.

Group III

Experimental
After root canal treatment obturation with gutta percha will be done using bioactive silicone based sealer.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences

Rohtak, IndiaOpen Post Graduate Institute of Dental Sciences in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center
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