Research Article
A Comparative Chemical Study of Calcium Silicate-Containing and Epoxy Resin-Based Root Canal Sealers
Table 1
The percentage (weight%) of elements in the tested root canal sealers.
| Element | Root canal sealer | BioRoot | Well-Root ST | MTA Fillapex | AHPlus |
| C | 5.6–6.2 | 5.4–6.0 | 20.0–21.9 | 31.4–34.5 | O | 35.1–37.1 | 37.9–39.3 | 21.3–22.8 | 19.2–21.2 | Si | 8.4–9.4 | 4.6–5.4 | 4.5–6.9 | — | Cl | 1.1–1.3 | 0.4–0.6 | — | — | Ca | 25.0–26.6 | 21.0–22.1 | 0.1–0.2 | 4.5–4.9 | Zr | 20.3–22.6 | 22.2–27.4 | — | 15.1–18.6 | Na | — | 0.3–0.4 | — | — | Mg | — | 0.5–0.6 | — | — | Al | — | 1.9–2.5 | — | — | Ti | — | 1.0–2.1 | 11.5–15.6 | 0.1–0.2 | Bi | — | — | 34.4–38.9 | 0.3–0.4 | W | — | — | — | 22.5–24.4 |
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