In Vitro Comparison of MTA and BC RRM-Fast Set Putty as Retrograde Filling Materials
Abstract Background: To compare, in vitro, the bioceramic materials (MTA and BC RRM-fast set putty) capacity to prevent microleakage of Enterococcus faecalis over time. Methods: An experimental design was made with forty extracted human teeth, coronally cut, and prepared to be placed in a leakage system under sterile conditions. They were randomly divided into an experimental group: thirty teeth (fifteen for retrograde filling material MTA and BC RRM-fast set putty, respectively) and a control group: ten teeth (five positive control, five negative control). The 3 mm root-ends were submerged in a brain-heart infusion broth with a red phenol indicator. The coronal access of each sample was inoculated with E. faecalis every seven days to maintain bacterial viability. The lower chamber was evaluated daily for 30 days to observe the turbidity of the culture medium and establish the presence and day of the filtration. Calculation of the colony-forming units (CFU) was performed for each leaked sample. Results: Of the total samples prepared for each type of bioceramic material, leaked 60.0% (9/15) of the MTA group and 40.0% (6/15) of the BC RRM-fast set putty group. All positive controls filtered on the first day of evaluation, while 20% (1/5) of the negative control leaked in the second week. There was no significant difference in leakage between the bioceramic material types, nor concerning the bacterial count and the type of cement used (p = 0.101). Conclusions: This study suggests that BC RRM-fast set putty and MTA have a similar sealing capacity when used as a retrograde filling material in vitro.