title: The hybrid concept of nickel-titanium rotary instrumentation.
abstract: The idea of the hybrid concept is to combine instruments of different file systems and use different instrumentation techniques to manage individual clinical situations to achieve the best biomechanical cleaning and shaping results and the least procedural errors. The hybrid concept combines the best features of different systems for safe, quick, and predictable results. Several hybrid instrumentation sequences are presented and their limitations are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 240 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030, USA. hewalsch@yahoo.edu
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Walsch
mesh_terms: D003722:Dental Alloys; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000473:pathology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009532:Nickel; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012399:Rotation; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium; D019227:Tooth Apex / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003722:Dental Alloys; D012388:Root Canal Irrigants; C040654:titanium nickelide; D009532:Nickel; D014025:Titanium