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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 185-188 |
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Toxicity of bioceramic and resinous endodontic sealers using an alternative animal model: Artemia salina
Cristiana Pereira Malta, Raquel Cristine Silva Barcelos, Hecson Jesser Segat, Marilise Escobar Burger, Carlos Alexandre Souza Bier, Renata Dornelles Morgental
Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
Correspondence Address:
Mrs. Cristiana Pereira Malta
Department of Stomatology, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria
Brazil
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jcd.jcd_401_21
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Aims: The present study assessed the toxicity of a novel calcium silicate-based root canal sealer (Bio-C Sealer) in comparison to Endosequence BC Sealer and AH Plus through a lethality assay involving brine shrimp (Artemia salina).
Methods: Brine shrimp cysts were incubated for 24 h for the hatching of the larvae, which were then exposed to different concentrations (2.5, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, and 100 μg/mL) of the test endodontic sealers for 24 h, followed by the determination of the survival rate.
Statistical Analysis Used: One-way repeated-measures ANOVA and the Newman–Keuls post hoc test were used to compare the different materials as well as different concentrations of the same material. Dunnett's test was used to compare the different concentrations and different sealers to the control. The lethal concentration of each endodontic sealer necessary to kill 50% of the brine shrimp larvae (LC50) was also determined.
Results: The toxicity of Bio-C (10, 20, 40, 80, and 100 μg/mL) and Endosequence BC Sealer (20, 80, and 100 μg/mL) was lower than that of AH Plus. No significant difference was found between Bio-C and Endosequence BC Sealer or among the different intragroup concentrations of these sealers. In the AH Plus group, concentrations ≥5.0 μg/mL exhibited greater toxicity compared to the concentration of 2.5 μg/mL and the control. AH Plus had the lowest LC50 (59.95 μg/mL), whereas Bio-C and Endosequence BC Sealer had LC50 values >200 μg/mL.
Conclusions: Bio-C Sealer proved to be less toxic than AH Plus and exhibited similar toxicity to that of Endosequence BC Sealer.
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