Corelation between Machines Assisted Endodontic Irrigant Agitation and Apical Extrusion of Debris and Irrigant: A Laboratory Study

Table 1

Amount of debris and irrigant extruded apically in different study groups open and closed chambers.

Group		Debris (g)		Irrigant (mL)
		Closed chamber; (mean ± std. deviation)	Open chamber; (mean ± std. deviation)	Closed chamber; (mean ± std. deviation)	Open chamber; (mean ± std. deviation)
NA	5	0.127 ± 0.007	0.206 ± 0.016	0.378 ± 0.044	0.952 ± 0.064
LS	5	0.151 ± 0.012	0.264 ± 0.016	0.518 ± 0.030	1.062 ± 0.051
CB	5	0.197 ± 0.012	0.298 ± 0.016	0.602 ± 0.059	1.156 ± 0.046
PU	5	0.481 ± 0.050	0.596 ± 0.013	0.708 ± 0.030	1.318 ± 0.028
EA	5	0.250 ± 0.015	0.335 ± 0.032	0.662 ± 0.029	1.204 ± 0.036
EV	5	0.011 ± 0.005	0.016 ± 0.005	0.088 ± 0.019	0.118 ± 0.038
Total	30	0.203 ± 0.148	0.286 ± 0.176	0.493 ± 0.216	0.968 ± 0.406
Group		Debris (g)		Irrigant (mL)
		Closed	Open	Closed	Open
NA	5	0.127 ± 0.007	0.206 ± 0.016	0.378 ± 0.044	0.952 ± 0.064
WA	25	0.218 ± 0.159	0.302 ± 0.189	0.516 ± 0.044	0.972 ± 0.445

NA = no agitation; WA = with agitation.