The shaping effect of the combination of two rotary nickel-titanium instruments in simulated S-shaped canals.
This study aimed to analyze the ability of ProTaper (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) combined with Hero642 (MicroMega, Besancon, France) to shape the simulated S-shaped canals. Thirty simulated canals with double curvatures, 30 degrees coronally and 20 degrees apically, were randomly divided into three groups and prepared with different instruments: ProTaper in group 1, Hero642 in group 2, and a combination of ProTaper and Hero642 in group 3. All canals were scanned pre- and postoperatively. Each postinstrumentation image was superimposed with the preoperative one in a computer. The amount of material removed from canal wall after every instrument was measured at 14 points. Statistical analysis was performed by using an analysis of variance test at alpha = 0.05. Canals prepared with rotary ProTaper were straightened progressively after the use of F1, and great transportation was created. Hero642 and the combination instruments maintained the original shape of canal with a little transportation. However, the taper of canals prepared with Hero642 was relatively poor.
Zhang
Lan
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Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Luo
Hong-xia
HX
Zhou
Xue-dong
XD
Tan
Hong
H
Huang
Ding-ming
DM
D003722:Dental Alloys; D003762:Dental Instruments; D003786:Dental Pulp Cavity / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009532:Nickel; D011897:Random Allocation; D018915:Root Canal Preparation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014025:Titanium
D003722:Dental Alloys; C040654:titanium nickelide; D009532:Nickel; D014025:Titanium