Calcium Phosphate Cement with Antimicrobial Properties and Radiopacity as an Endodontic Material.

ABSTRACT: Calcium phosphate cements (CPCs) have several advantages for use as endodontic materials, and such advantages include ease of use, biocompatibility, potential hydroxyapatite-forming ability, and bond creation between the dentin and appropriate filling materials. However, unlike tricalcium silicate (CS)-based materials, CPCs do not have antibacterial properties. The present study doped a nonwashable CPC with 0.25-1.0 wt % hinokitiol and added 0, 5, and 10 wt % CS. The CPCs with 0.25-0.5 wt % hinokitiol showed appreciable antimicrobial properties without alterations in their working or setting times, mechanical properties, or cytocompatibility. Addition of CS slightly retarded the apatite formation of CPC and the working and setting time was obviously reduced. Moreover, addition of CS dramat

SUBMITTER: Shieh TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5706203 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature