<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-28T02:56:28Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" identifier="oai:kostu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:kostu/10815" metadataPrefix="oai_dc">https://kostu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/oai/request</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:kostu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net:kostu/10815</identifier><datestamp>2026-10-27T23:53:52Z</datestamp><setSpec>openaire</setSpec><setSpec>driver</setSpec><setSpec>com_kostu_10000</setSpec><setSpec>col_kostu_10001</setSpec></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Crack Formation on Resected Root Surfaces Subjected to Conventional, Ultrasonic, and Laser Root-End Cavity Preparation</dc:title><dc:creator>Aydemir, Seda</dc:creator><dc:creator>Cimilli, Hale</dc:creator><dc:creator>Mumcu, Gonca</dc:creator><dc:creator>Chandler, Nicholas</dc:creator><dc:creator>Kartal, Nevin</dc:creator><dc:description>Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate cracks on root ends following resection and cavity preparation with a laser and two established techniques. Background data: If root canal treatment of a tooth fails, an apicoectomy operation may be indicated. Three millimeters of the root tip is resected and a cavity of similar depth with parallel walls is cut to receive a root-end filling. Materials and methods: Sixty extracted human maxillary anterior teeth were used. Their root canals were prepared with rotary instruments, and they were filled with gutta-percha. Twenty teeth were resected with tungsten carbide fissure burs, and their root-end cavities cut with tungsten carbide round burs at a slow speed (Group 1). The other 40 teeth were resected with an Er:YAG laser, and root-end cavities were made with the same laser (Group 2), or with an ultrasonically-powered zirconium nitride coated retrotip (Group 3). The number and types of cracks on the resected surfaces were assessed using a stereomicroscope before and after cavity preparation. Results: Cracking was not significantly different between the more conventional group and the laser groups after resections (p &gt; 0.05) or following cavity preparation (p &gt; 0.05). Conclusions: In this in vitro study, the laser resection and root-end preparation technique did not influence the number or type of cracks formed on the root surfaces.</dc:description><dc:publisher>MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC</dc:publisher><dc:date>2014-06</dc:date><dc:type>Article</dc:type><dc:identifier>https://rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/r/kostu/10815</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>https://doi.org/10.1089/pho.2013.3696</dc:identifier><dc:identifier>1549-5418</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:relation>PHOTOMEDICINE AND LASER SURGERY</dc:relation><dc:rights>info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess</dc:rights><dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type><dc:identifier>https://kostu-rdlopen.rawdatalibrary.net/tr/items/kostu/10815</dc:identifier></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>