introduction: pulpectomy of primary teeth is commonly carried out with hand files and broaches; a tricky and time consuming procedure. the purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the cleaning efficacy and time taken for instrumentation of deciduous molars using hand k-files and flex master rotary system. materials and methods: in this study, 68 canals of 23 extracted primary molars with a...

background and aims. during root canal preparation, debris extruded beyond the apical foramen may result in periapical inflammation and postoperative pain. to date no root canal preparation method has been developed that extrudes no periapical debris. the purpose of this study was to identify a system leading to minimal extrusion of debris from the apical foramen. the study was conducted to com...

BACKGROUND Apical extrusion of debris during instrumentation is detrimental to the patient. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate the apical extrusion of debris during root canal instrumentation using two single file rotary Ni-Ti systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty freshly extracted mandibular premolars with straight roots were sterilized and divided into two groups instrumented using...

AIM The aim of this study was to compare time of preparation and canal aberrations in a simulated root canals after using three different rotary systems: Endostar E5, Endostar E3 and T One File Gold. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 90 endodontic training blocks were used in this study and divided into three groups consisting of 30 each (n = 30). Blocks processing was performed by thirty dent...

INTRODUCTION Root fracture is not an instant phenomenon but a result of gradual development of tiny craze lines in tooth structure. Recent studies have shown that canal instrumentation has the potential to cause dentinal cracks. The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the formation of dentinal cracks caused by ProTaper rotary system to hand instrumentation. MATERIALS AND METHODS...

introduction: pulpectomy is the preferred treatment for restorable primary teeth with symptomatic irreversible pulpitis or periradicular lesion. considering the rather new application of rotary files for pulpectomy of primary teeth, the aim of this study was to compare the cleaning efficacy and instrumentation time of hand k-files and mtwo rotary system for preparation of human primary molars. ...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this in vitro study was to assess the amount of apically extruded debris using rotary and reciprocating nickel-titanium instrumentation systems. METHODS Eighty human mandibular central incisors were randomly assigned to 4 groups (n = 20 teeth per group). The root canals were instrumented according to the manufacturers' instructions using the 2 reciprocating single-...