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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Nawathe, Abhay A
• Deshpande, Neeraj C
• Dandekar, Shivani A

Titel

A Comparative Scanning Electron Microscopic Analysis of the Effect of QMix ® and SofScale ™ as an Adjunct to Scaling and Root Planing on Periodontally Compromised Root Surfaces: An In vitro Study

Ist Teil von

• Contemporary clinical dentistry, 2017-07, Vol.8 (3), p.427-432

Ort / Verlag

India: Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study aimed to comparatively analyze, under scanning electron microscope (SEM), the effect of the use of QMix and SofScale as an adjunct to scaling and root planing (SRP) on periodontally compromised root surfaces. This study was carried out in K. M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Vadodara. This was a single-blinded study which compared QMix and SofScale as an adjunct to SRP on periodontally compromised root surfaces under SEM. Statistical analysis was done using a nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test to test the null hypothesis that there is no difference between the test and control groups. The sum of ranks for QMix was 306.50 and the sum of ranks for SofScale was 513.50. The group which was treated with QMix showed statistically significant results ( = 0.004) as compared to group which was treated with SofScale . Comparative analysis showed that QMix had significantly better smear layer removal ability as compared to SofScale . However, uniform root surface was achieved with both QMix and SofScale .