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Resilon: a methacrylate resin-based obturation system

Received 14 January 2010; accepted 26 April 2010.

A resin-based root canal filling material, Resilon/Epiphany was introduced to overcome the limitations of gutta-percha and other sealers. It is claimed that Resilon/Epiphany can enhance the sealing ability by forming a monoblock. Studies related to this material are summarized and discussed in this review article. Different in vivo and in vitro studies demonstrated that Resilon/Epiphany can be an alternative to gutta-percha and other sealers. However, other studies showed that there is still some room for improvement of the properties of the material in order to achieve quality three-dimensional obturation.

Key Words: Resilon/Epiphany , root canal filling material , root canal obturation

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Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China

Corresponding author. Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510055, China

PII: S1991-7902(10)60008-6

doi:10.1016/S1991-7902(10)60008-6

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