Table 1 The materials used in the study

ProRoot MTA White (WMTA)

Tricalcium-silicate, Dicalcium-silicate, Tricalcium aluminate, Calcium sulfate dihydrate, Bismuth oxide

0000266733

Dentsply,

Tulsa Dental,

OK, USA

Medcem MTA (MMTA)

Tricalcium-silicate, Tricalcium aluminate,

Dicalcium-silicate, Tetracalcium aluminoferrite

MTZ181020

Weinfelden,

Switzerland

Medcem Pure Portland Cement (MPPC)

Tricalcium-silicate, Tricalcium aluminate,

Dicalcium-silicate, Tetracalcium Alumino Ferrite, Zirconium oxide

RX181020

Weinfelden,

Switzerland

Equia Forte HT Fil (EFHF)

Powder: Fluoroalumina silicate glass

Liquid: Polyacrylic acid

2,101,291

GC Corp, Tokyo,

Japan

Fuji II LC

(FIILC)

Fluoroaluminosilicate glass, HEMA, Polybasic carboxylic acid, Urethane dimethacrylate, Camphoroquinone, Distilled water

2,101,061

GC Corp, Tokyo,

Japan

Activa Bioactive-Restorative

(ABR)

Modified mixture of diurethane and other methacrylates

Polyacrylic acid, Amorphous silica, Sodium fluoride

201,229

Pulpdent Corp,

Watertown, USA

Clearfil SE Bond

Primer: 10-MDP, HEMA, Hydrophilic dimethacrylate,

Photo-initiator, Water

Adhesive: 10-MDP, HEMA, Bis-GMA, Hydrophilic dimethacrylate, Dl-camphoroquinone, Silanated colloidal Silica, Initiator

000134

Kuraray Noritake, Japan