%0 Journal Article %T Effect of post space preparation on apical seal: Influence of time interval and sealer %A Corr¨ºa Pesce %A Ana Lucia %A Gonz¨¢lez L¨®pez %A Santiago %A Gonz¨¢lez Rodr¨ªguez %A Mar¨ªa Paloma %J Medicina Oral, Patolog¨ªa Oral y Cirug¨ªa Bucal (Internet) %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X objective: to assess the efficacy of two sealants to preserve the apical seal after root canal preparation and cementation of posts at 24 h or 72 h after endodontic treatment. study design: sixty human single-root teeth were instrumented and obturated using lateral compaction technique with endofill£¿ [30] or ah-plus£¿ [30] and were prepared in one of three ways, leaving a 3 mm gutta percha remnant in all cases: without cast post preparation, with preparation after 24 h or after 72 h. after cementing the posts, the specimens were thermal cycled at 5 and 55£¿c in water baths, submerged in 2% methylene blue dye for 72 h, embedded in acrylic resin and cut transversally into three 1-mm apical sections. dye leakage was quantitatively assessed as the percentage leaked area. results and conclusion: comparison of the apical sections showed significant differences in leakage with both sealers among the three preparation groups (p<0.001). no significant differences between sealers were found in any preparation group or in the same sections. %K apical leakage %K post space %K apical seal %K post preparation. %U http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1698-69462007000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en