Comparison of bacterial leakage between Epiphany and AH Plus sealers using single cone and Tagger's hybrid obturation techniques

Abstract Purpose: To evaluate and compare, by means of bacterial infiltration, the quality of sealing obtained by Tagger's hybrid (TH) and Single Cone (SC) techniques, in association with AH Plus/Gutta-percha (AH) and Epiphany/Resilon (ER). Methods: Palatal roots of 70 maxillary molars were instrumented and divided randomly into six groups: G1, TH/AH; G2, SC/AH; G3, TH/ER; G4, SC/ER; G5, negative control; G6, positive control. The roots were sterilized and monitored for 56 days to detect bacterial leakage using Enterococcus faecalis. The data were subjected to Binomial test (?