TY - BOOK AU - Osama Asad Hasan Alamoudi AU - Mohamed Mohamed Abdelazim Elbayoumi , AU - Suzan Abdulwanees Amin Mohamed , TI - In - virto study of the sealing ability of mineral trioxide aggregate versus portland cement when used as an apical plug / PY - 2009/// CY - Cairo : PB - Osama Asad Hasan Alamoudi , KW - Apical plug KW - Mineral trioxide aggregate KW - Portland cement N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Endodontics; Issued also as CD N2 - The purpose of this study was to compare the sealing ability of White Mineral Trioxide Aggregate (MTA) and White Portland cement (PC) when used as an apical plug in simulated immature teeth . Divergent open apex was prepared to create two a large - size open apex and a small - size open apex large - size open apex then teeth received apical plugs of either of two thickesses(3 mm and 5 mm ) of each of the two materials (MTA,PC) ER -