"O conhecimento científico é cumulativo, dependente do desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias e idéias. Nossas verdades permanecem verdadeiras até que alguém demonstre que elas são incompletas. No mínimo, esta perspectiva deveria nos ensinar a defender nossas verdades temporárias com a humildade de quem aprende com o passado." The present study aimed to analyze in vivo the effectiveness of root canal preparation on bacterial reduction in patients's teeth with primary apical periodontitis.
Marcelo Gleiser
RESUMOSamples were collected from 20 patients before (S1) and after (S2) preparation with ProTaper rotary files, varying only the technique used for irrigation and aspiration:Group A (conventional irrigation -n = 10) and Group B (with the aid of EndoVac system -n = 10). After extraction, the DNA present in the samples was quantified by real-time PCR with the SYBR Green method, identifying the number of 16SrRNA gene copies. In all samples, except for a post-preparation case with EndoVac, copies of the target gene were identified. Average for all cases was 1,6 X 10 8 and 8,8 X 10 5 copies of the 16SrRNA, before and after preparation, respectively. For the groups separately, the same values were 2,0 X 10 8 and 5,5 X 10 5 (conventional) and 1,1 X 10 8 and 1,2 X 10 6 (EndoVac). The mean percentage of reduction was 97.52% (97.02% for the conventional and 98.04% for the EndoVac). The Mann-Whitney test concluded that both techniques significantly reduced the microrganisms after preparation (p<0,0001), with no differences between them (p=0,9705). None of the techniques were effective in the complete elimination of bacteria under this methodology. The antibacterial efficacy of the EndoVac system under this methodology was similar to that obtained with conventional irrigation and aspiration.