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Abstract The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of QMix irrigating solution on the Enterococcus faecalis population using different irrigation protocols; passive irrigation, mechanical agitation, passive ultrasonic irrigation and apical negative pressure by direct count of colony forming units (CFUs). A total of 95 human single‐rooted teeth with straight single canals and mature apices were selected for this study. To standardize canal instrumentation, teeth were decoronated, and the roots were adjusted to a standardized length of 16mm. Instrumentation was performed by using the Pro‐Taper rotary nickel‐titanium system in crown down manner according to the manufacturer’s recommendations until finishing file #4 (40/0.6). During instrumentation, 1 mL of sterile saline was used at each change of file. The roots were filled with a 24‐hour pure culture suspension of E.faecalis grown in Brain Heart Infusion (BHI) broth. All teeth were incubated at 37°C in sealed vials for 7 days, replacing the intracanal fluids with freshly prepared 0.9% physiologic saline solution adjusted to No. 1 MacFarland turbidity standard. The suspension was replenished every 72 hours. Five teeth were subjected to scanning electron microscopy to allow visualization of the pattern of colonization and eighty teeth continued in the study. Teeth were then randomly divided into a control group of 10 teeth and 4 experimental groups of 20 teeth each. Groups were divided according to the technique used during final rinse as follows: for Group I Passive irrigation: solutions were delivered by a syringe and a 30‐gauge NaviTip needle, for Group II Mechanical agitation: an F‐File was used with an electric low speed hand‐piece for irrigant agitation, for Group III Passive ultrasonic irrigation: the irrigant was activated by using #25/0.00 taper SS noncutting ultrasonic tip operated by a piezoelectric ultrasonic unit at 1 mm from the WL for 1 minute and for Group IV: specimens were irrigated by using the EndoVac system according to the protocol described by Nielsen and Baumgartner (98).Each group was then subdivided into two sub‐groups according to the type of irrigant. The first sub‐group was irrigated using 2.5 mL of 2.5% NaOCl, followed by 2.5 mL of 17% EDTA. For the second sub‐group, 5 mL of QMix™ 2in1 was used for final irrigation. At the end of the irrigation process, the samples were filled with sterile Brain Heart Infusion broth as a transport fluid. Each sample was taken using three paper points. The sterile paper point absorbed the transport fluid, and was transferred to a test tube containing 1.0 ml of saline. Each sample was carefully homogenized by vortexed for 30 seconds. Serial 10‐fold dilution (1:10, 1:100 and 1:1000) was made in saline. Then 0.1 mL from each dilution was smeared to be inoculated on surface of the plate media (BHI agar plates), incubated at 37°C for 48 hours, and colony‐forming units (CFU) per 1 mL were enumerated. Visible colonies of E.faecalis were then counted in every plate and the number of colonies/plate was multiplied by the corresponding dilution factor and by 10 to determine the total colony forming units (CFU) per mL of sample. |