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JOURNAL OF ENDODONTICS
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 304-306Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2015.10.024
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Cracks; controlled memory; dentinal damage; ProTaper Universal; root canal instrumentation; root fracture; rotary nickel-titanium instruments
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Introduction: The aim of the present study was to observe the incidence of cracks in root canal dentin using the ProTaper Universal system (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland) at low- and high-torque settings. Methods: Sixty-nine. mandibular premolar teeth that had been extracted for different reasons were selected. The teeth were divided into 3 groups: an unprepared control group, a low-torque settings group (SX = 3, S1 = 2, S2 = 1, F1 = 1.5, F2 = 2, F3 = 2, F4 = 2 N/cm), and a high-torque settings group (SX = 4, S1 = 4, S2 = 1.5, F1 = 2, F2 = 3, F3 = 3, F4 = 3 N/cm). After a root canal procedure, all the teeth were horizontally sectioned at 2, 4, 6, and 8 mm from the apex. Then, under a stereomicroscope, all the slices were examined to determine the presence of cracks. A chi-square test was used for data analysis. The significance level was set at P = .05. Results: There were no cracks in the unprepared control group. Vertical root fractures were not observed in any of the groups. There were significantly fewer cracks (17.4% of the sections) in the low-torque group than in the high-torque group (29.4% of the sections) (P < .05). Conclusions: In this in vitro study, the instrumentation of root canals with the ProTaper Universal instrument caused more crack formation in root canal dentin at high-torque than at low-torque settings.
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