title: Effects of sterilization procedures on the cutting efficiency of stainless steel and carbon steel Gates Glidden drills.
abstract: One-hundred fifty carbon steel Gates Glidden drills were compared with 150 stainless steel Gates Glidden drills before and after sterilization in an autoclave, salt beads, dry heat, or 2% alkaline glutaraldehyde. Cutting efficiency and separation rates of the drills were evaluated. Stainless steel #1 and 2 Gates Glidden drills resisted separation and maintained their cutting efficiency statistically better than the carbon steel #1 and 2 Gates Glidden drills after one sterilization cycle in an autoclave, salt bead sterilizer, or dry heat oven. Glutaraldehyde did not effect either type of drill.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Zettlemoyer
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Goerig
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grabow
mesh_terms: D003343:Corrosion; D003762:Dental Instruments; D004708:Endodontics / Q000295:instrumentation; D005976:Glutaral; D013232:Steel; D013242:Sterilization
chemical_list: D013232:Steel; D005976:Glutaral