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Study the Effect of using Boswellic Acid as Intracanal Medicament on Microhardness of Root Dentine

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Dental Materials
Endodontics

Abstract

Introduction:. Boswellic acid (BA) is a recently introduced antibacterial agent against root canal infections; however, it is yet unclear how this agent would affect the microhardness of root dentine. Therefore, this study's objective was to compare the effects of using boswellic acid as an intracanal medicament (ICM) with the regularly used one, calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) in terms of the microhardness of root dentine. Material and methods: Sixty single-rooted teeth were sectioned at the cemento-enamel junction (CEJ) level and root canals were prepared till apical size of #30. The prepared teeth were allocated into three groups (n=20): control group, Ca(OH)₂ group and Boswellic acid group. After seven days, medicaments were removed using standardized volume of irrigation. All teeth underwent longitudinal sectioning in a bucco-lingual plane and were embedded horizontally in auto-polymerizing acrylic resin with their dentine surface exposed. Microhardness assessment was performed using Vickers microhardness tester with magnification of 100× and a load of 25 g for 10 second. Results: Both control and Boswellic acid groups "at the coronal and middle sections" showed significantly greater microhardness compared to Ca(OH)2 group (P <0.05), with no significant difference between them. At the apical third, no significant difference (P <0.05) was recorded between the three groups regarding microhrdness. Conclusion: Under the limitations of the current study, Boswellic acid didn't reduce the root dentine microhardness in comparison with Ca(OH)2 when used as ICM.

DOI

10.21608/edj.2024.315693.3180

Keywords

Boswellic acid, Calcium hydroxide, Intracanal medicaments, Microhardness

Authors

First Name

anas

Last Name

al shmaseen

MiddleName

mamdouh

Affiliation

Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

Email

anasshamaseen@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0009-0008-7213-029X

First Name

salwa

Last Name

El Nejuly

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Dental Biomatirial, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Email

snegoly3@mans.edu.eg

City

al-mansoura

Orcid

0000-0002-4320-9440

First Name

Amany

Last Name

Badr

MiddleName

El-Said

Affiliation

Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

Email

amanybadr@hotmail.com

City

Mansoura

Orcid

0009-0002-5958-1965

Volume

71

Article Issue

1

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52725

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-08-28

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

763

Page End

771

Print ISSN

0070-9484

Online ISSN

2090-2360

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https://edj.journals.ekb.eg/article_402797.html

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254

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Egyptian Dental Journal

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https://edj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Study the Effect of using Boswellic Acid as Intracanal Medicament on Microhardness of Root Dentine

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07 Jan 2025