OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of the type of root canal preparation, intraradicular post and mechanical cycling on the fracture strength of roots. MATERIAL AND METHODS eighty human single rooted teeth were divided into 8 groups according to the instruments used for root canal preparation (manual or rotary instruments), the type of intraradicular post (fiber posts- FRC and cast post and cor...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical preparation of flattened root canals using the following systems: Endo-Eze AET stainless steel oscillatory instruments (Ultradent) and RaCe rotary NiTi instruments (FKG Dentaire). MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty extracted human mandibular incisors were randomly assigned to two groups: Group 1 - Instrumentation with oscillatory Endo...

Chemomechanical preparation of the root canal includes both mechanical instrumentation and antibacterial irrigation, and is principally directed toward the elimination of micro-organisms from the root canal system. A variety of instruments and techniques have been developed and described for this critical stage of root canal treatment. Since their introduction in 1988, nickel-titanium (NiTi) ro...

The aim of this study was to assess cyclic fatigue resistance in rotary nickel-titanium instruments after simulated clinical use in curved root canals (40-degree, 5-mm radius curve). Thirty-six RaCe rotary NiTi files, size #5, taper 0.04, were divided into 3 groups: Groups A, B and C with one, three and five cycles of use, respectively. Time to failure was recorded with a stopwatch in seconds a...

The aim of root canal preparation is to clean and shape the root canal system while maintaining the original configuration. However, traditional hand instruments often failed in achieving these objectives, especially when used in severely curved canals. Over the years, many nickel-titanium rotary instruments have been developed to improve root canal preparation. More flexible files made of nick...

introduction: this study compared the cleaning efficiency of mtwo, race and medin nickel-titanium (niti) rotary instruments. materials and methods: sixty mandibular molar mesial roots were selected with angle curvatures between 25-35 degrees and divided into three groups; each containing 20 teeth. canals were prepared with the rotary files and irrigated with 2.5% naocl solution after each instr...

Screw-in effect is one of the unintended phenomena that occurs during the root canal preparation with nickel-titanium rotary files. The aim of this study was to compare the screw-in effect among various nickel-titanium rotary file systems. Six different nickel-titanium rotary instruments (ISO 20/.06 taper) were used: K3 (SybronEndo, Glendora, CA, USA), Mtwo (VDW GmbH, München, Germany), NRT wit...

_The world of endodontics has incorporated new technologies, instruments and materials in the past decade, such as operating microscopes, digital radiography, CBCT, NiTi rotary shaping files, sonic and ultrasonic instruments, and new irrigation delivery systems. However, despite all these improvements, the overall outcome, especially of non-surgical endo dontics, has not increased significantly...

IJMDS ● www.ijmds.org ● January 2015; 4(1) 701 Review Article Single file niti-rotary systems Kumar SR, Gade V ABSTRACT The cleaning and shaping of root canals is a major step in root canal treatment procedure, which aims at removal of all the tissue debris from the root canal space while removing the inner layers of root canal dentin. With Nickel titanium (NiTi) rotary instruments this goal is...