Table 2 The mean percentage of removed material at each third (coronal, middle and apical) according to the removal techniques.

From: Efficacy of various techniques in calcium silicate-based intracanal medicament removal: a micro-CT analysis

Root canal third

Removal techniques

Sig

Conventional syringe

Endo activator

PUI

Pro-taper universal F3

XPF

Coronal third

71.6%a,b

79.7%

96.2%a

73.4%

97.4%b

<ā€‰0.001

Middle third

75.6%

60.6%c,d

99.5%c

82.5%

99.4%d

0.001

Apical third

57.8%e

72.2%f

85.9%

74.4%

98.3%e,f

0.002

  1. a,b,c,d,e,fIdentical letters indicate presence of significant difference.
  2. pā€‰ā‰¤ā€‰0.05.
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