Dear Researchers,
A a part of research work inline with Root Canal Obturation, we the team would like to extend earlier state of work done to arrive at certain distinct conclusions.
Team Members:
Dr.Ratnakar R.Ghorpade, School of Mech Engg MIT WPU(Expert-1),
Dr.P.V.Jadhav, Mech Engg BVDU, BVCOE Pune (Expert-2) and
Mr.Swanand Pachpore (Research Scholar, BVDU BVCOE, Pune)
We sincerely invite your comments/suggestions with reference to the following mentioned 'Scope for further Research'.
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Process: Endodontic therapy, also known as endodontic treatment or root canal therapy is a treatment sequence for the infected pulp of a tooth which results in the elimination of infection and the protection of the decontaminated tooth from future microbial invasion. The treatment comprises of two parts: - Cleaning and shaping of the canal followed by filling and sealing of the same. During this procedure the contribution of above elements in overall success of Root canal treatment is to be closely understood.
Need identification and Problem: Failure of treatment is being observed in the form of voids formation, under-filling & over-filling etc. Many factors are responsible for this failure, so the mechanical factors such as Thermal Behavior of filling material, Properties of Sealers and Compaction Force during obturation, Method and Techniques of Root filling etc. are considered to be important. The sealing process is closely resembles with microinjection moulding in mechanical engineering. In order to quantify the effect of several factors listed below on Root Canal Treatment, a term ‘Success Index’ is proposed that depends on several mechanical factors such as Energy Parameters (E*), Material parameters (ν, Cp), Process Parameters (F, P, Fa), & Geometry Parameters (C, α*).
Scope for further research: The proposed research will primarily emphasis on development of alternative biomaterial or enhancing characteristics of existing biomaterial and investigate the rheological model. For the same, during initial phase it is required to propose an empirical relationship to determine correct compaction signature for Lateral Condensation technique and Warm vertical Compaction technique with various canal curvatures and verifying the same using Finite Element Analysis tool. Also the extrusion temperature affects the visco-elastic properties of Gutta-Percha during the injection, cooling, and compaction process in the root canals. Thus it is very much necessary to define temperature dependent viscosity relationship for filling materials.
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Thanking You,
Dr.Ratnakar R.Ghorpade, School of Mech Engg MIT WPU(Expert-1),
Dr.P.V.Jadhav, Mech Engg BVDU, BVCOE Pune (Expert-2)