Abstract

Endodontic treatment success rate relies majorly on apical and coronal sealing. In order to achieve a good hermetic seal the removal of smear layer is unavoidable. Hence this study was conducted to assess the various root canal irrigating materials. Materials and Methodology: Freshly extracted human mandibular premolar teeth were selected and were randomly divided into two groups. Inclusion criteria include those teeth that have less than 10 degrees of angulation. The study samples include 30 freshly extracted teeth that were basically divided into two groups. Group – 1 comprised of manual syringe needle irrigation, Group – 2 consisted of automated root canal irrigation. Canals were effectively dried with paper points after which the roots were split longitudinally and examined. Results: The debris score and smear layer score was observed in both the study groups namely manual needle and automated irrigation device. Interestingly a low mean score in debris as well as smear layer was observed in both the groups. (p>0.05) Moreover no statistically significant difference was prompt in the debris and the smear layer score at the apical, middle or coronal region. Conclusion: To conclude, it has been effectively observed that the manual syringe irrigation and automated irrigation devices clearly showed identical results in removing the smear an debris layer with no significant differences were elicited between the two groups

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