Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40423146›Full record

ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Microstructural and Elemental Characterization of Calcium Silicate-Based Sealers.

Mateusz Radwanski, Ireneusz Piwonski, Tomasz Szmechtyk, Salvatore Sauro, Monika Lukomska-Szymanska

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. New Glass-Ceramics in the System CaMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mateusz RadwanskiDepartment of Endodontics, Medical University of Lodz, 251 Pomorska Str., 92-213 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2333-0996
Ireneusz PiwonskiDepartment of Materials Technology and Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, 163 Pomorska St., 90-236 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6505-3088
Tomasz SzmechtykDepartment of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, 163/165 Pomorska St., 90-236 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3072-8049
Salvatore SauroDental Biomaterials and Minimally Invasive Dentistry, Departamento de Odontología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad CEU-Cardenal Herrera, C/Del Pozo ss/n, 46115 Alfara del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2527-8776
Monika Lukomska-SzymanskaDepartment of General Dentistry, Medical University of Lodz, 251 Pomorska Str., 92-213 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6110-4298

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calcium silicate-based sealers (CSBS) vary in chemical composition, which can influence treatment outcomes. Therefore, the study aimed at comparing several commercially available CSBS regarding microstructure and elemental characterization. Four CSBS (AH Plus Bioceramic Sealer, BioRoot RCS, BioRoot Flow, TotalFill BC Sealer) and a control resin-based sealer (AH Plus) were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD). The specimens were analyzed after setting (SEM, EDX, XRD), as well as after 7 (SEM) and 28 days (SEM, EDX) of incubation in Hank's balanced salt solution. AH Plus exhibited a uniform matrix and small amounts of calcium (Ca), significantly decreasing after incubation. In contrast, CSBSs exhibited crystalline forms on the surface and increased Ca content, significantly increasing after 28 days of incubation. The main crystalline phase for all tested CSBS was zirconium oxide, while for ERBS it was calcium tungstate. In conclusion, the amount of calcium increased on the surface of CSBSs after incubation, which alkalinized the pH, promoting mineralization, apatite formation, and antibacterial potential. Despite this, the formation of a hydroxyapatite layer was not demonstrated, possibly due to the high dissolution potential of CSBSs.

Indexed as

calcium silicate-based sealersEDXroot canal sealerSEMXRD

Identifiers

PMID40423146
PMCPMC12114322

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.