Root Canals | Median Penetration Depth (µm) | Maximum Penetration Depth (µm) | Penetration Percentage (%) | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coronal | Middle | Apical | Coronal | Middle | Apical | Coronal | Middle | Apical | |
Infected | 22.1 (14.5–81.2) | 24.8 (11.5–34.6) | 9.0 (0.00–17.0) | 248.3 (120.3–330.0) | 202.8 (86.7-345.2) | 71.8 (59.0-147.9) | 84.9 (63.9–92.4) | 88.6 (56.1–95.2) | 60.8 (36.2–77.5) |
Healthy | 354.7 (175.7-524.9) | 260.4 (129.1-403.4) | 88.4 (16.5-257.5) | 697.3 (442.2-916.4) | 510.3 (350.6-725.5) | 441.2 (299.8-571.1) | 100.0 (97.4–100.0) | 100.0 (91.0-100.0) | 100.0 (89.1–100.0) |
P | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* | P < 0.001* |