Effects of Dissolving Solutions on the Accuracy of an Electronic Apex Locator-Integrated Endodontic Handpiece

Table 1

The distribution of all experimental groups according to the materials used and the percentages of accuracy at ±0.5 and ±1.0 mm of all groups for ARL and EL modes according to true length (TL).

	Test samples				Test samples	Control groups				Control samples	Total
	Subgroup A1	Subgroup A2	Subgroup B1	Subgroup B2		C1	C2	C3	C4
Filling material	Gutta + AH P	Gutta + AH P	Gutta + TubliSeal	Gutta + TubliSeal		Empty	Empty	Empty	Empty
Dissolving Solution	Guttasolv	Resosolv	Guttasolv	Endosolv E		Free	Endosolv E	Resosolv	Guttasolv
Sample number	10	10	10	10	40	4	4	4	4	16	56
Accuracy at ±0.5 mm (ARL)	80%	50%	60%	90%	72.5%	75%	50%	75%	100%	75%	73.75%
Accuracy at ±0.5 mm (EL)	70%	30%	80%	90%	67.5%	75%	25%	75%	75%	62.5%	65%
Accuracy at ±1 mm (ARL)	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Accuracy at ±1 mm (EL)	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%