Comparison of sealer penetration of sonic activation versus conventional needle irrigation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Table 6 Summary of the parameters included in the meta-analysis

Authors	GA	Coronal (M ± SD)		Middle (M ± SD)		Apical (M ± SD)
Authors	GA	Percentage (%)	Maximum (μm)	Percentage (%)	Maximum (μm)	Percentage (%)	Maximum (μm)
Ateş et al. [24]	SI	64.48 ± 19.96	1190 ± 280			51.68 ± 15.73	980 ± 390
Ateş et al. [24]	CNI	59.77 ± 17.41	1120 ± 390			56.14 ± 16.32	850 ± 280
Bharti et al. [25]	SI	79.1 ± 9.0	1271 ± 37.37	68.1 ± 6	866.6 ± 20.17	58.5 ± 15.73	560.8 ± 13.64
Bharti et al. [25]	CNI	77.1 ± 17	1095.7 ± 32.12	62.4 ± 8	755.05 ± 18.04	50.2 ± 15.73	433 ± 8.62
Bolles et al. [10]	SI	69 ± 25	891 ± 334			23 ± 18	147 ± 127
Bolles et al. [10]	CNI	58 ± 26	661 ± 230			32 ± 16	118 ± 80
Ch et al. [26]	SI	60.2 ± 20	943.4 ± 43.13	53.45 ± 10	721.32 ± 29.69	32.65 ± 18	442.96 ± 43.19
Ch et al. [26]	CNI	52.7 ± 28	754.6 ± 23.42	43.27 ± 10	548.07 ± 42.15	24.52 ± 16	304.1 ± 21.78
Generali et al. [27]	SI	83 ± 9	900 ± 352	70 ± 25	658 ± 298	8 ± 10	348 ± 402
Generali et al. [27]	CNI	79 ± 17	1012 ± 269	71 ± 15	987 ± 374	10 ± 11	288 ± 403
Machado et al. [28]	SI	87 ± 9				47 ± 36
Machado et al. [28]	CNI	55 ± 28				10 ± 6
Uğur Aydin et al. [17]	SI	80.53 ± 6.35	434 ± 179	73.4 ± 5.96	492 ± 192	69.53 ± 5.78	431 ± 188
Uğur Aydin et al. [17]	CNI	72.4 ± 8.32	339 ± 170	63.13 ± 6.16	284 ± 149	60.8 ± 6.98	176 ± 119
Yilmaz et al. [29]	SI	52.68 ± 20.96	504.67 ± 455.42			39.6 ± 21.62	302.61 ± 324.98
Yilmaz et al. [29]	CNI	49.27 ± 18.28	536.92 ± 185.94			35.93 ± 23.03	470.06 ± 355.28

GA represents group allocation; Empty parts indicate a lack of information for the corresponding researchs

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