Keiichiro Maki1, Arata Ebihara2, Shunsuke Kimura1, Miki Nishijo1, Daisuke Tokita1, Takashi Okiji1. 1. Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. 2. Department of Pulp Biology and Endodontics, Division of Oral Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: a.ebihara.endo@tmd.ac.jp.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study was performed to evaluate how the speed of up-and-down motion affects the canal centering ability and torque/force generation of ProTaper Next rotary instruments (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland). METHODS: Twenty-one simulated resin canal blocks with a J-shaped canal were prepared with ProTaper Next X1, X2, and X3 instruments using an original automated root canal instrumentation and torque/force analyzing device with up-and-down speed settings of 10, 50, and 100 mm/min (low-, medium-, and high-speed groups, respectively). Pre- and postinstrumentation images were superimposed, and centering ratios were calculated at 0-3 mm from the apex. The maximum vertical force and torque were also recorded. The results were statistically analyzed using 1-way analysis of variance and the Tukey test. RESULTS: At 0, 0.5, 1, and 2 mm from the apex, the high-speed group showed the lowest centering ratio (ie, least deviation) followed by the medium-speed and low-speed groups (P < .05). Force values (downward and upward) tended to increase as the up-and-down speed increased; with the X2 and X3 instruments, the high-speed and/or medium-speed groups generated significantly larger values than the low-speed group (P < .05). With all instruments, the high-speed and/or medium-speed groups generated significantly larger clockwise torque than the low-speed group (P < .05). One and 2 X2 instruments fractured in the low- and high-speed groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The up-and-down speed affected the canal centering ability and stress generation of ProTaper Next instruments. The high-speed group showed the best centering ability but tended to generate larger vertical force and torque than the medium- and low-speed groups.
INTRODUCTION: This study was performed to evaluate how the speed of up-and-down motion affects the canal centering ability and torque/force generation of ProTaper Next rotary instruments (Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland). METHODS: Twenty-one simulated resin canal blocks with a J-shaped canal were prepared with ProTaper Next X1, X2, and X3 instruments using an original automated root canal instrumentation and torque/force analyzing device with up-and-down speed settings of 10, 50, and 100 mm/min (low-, medium-, and high-speed groups, respectively). Pre- and postinstrumentation images were superimposed, and centering ratios were calculated at 0-3 mm from the apex. The maximum vertical force and torque were also recorded. The results were statistically analyzed using 1-way analysis of variance and the Tukey test. RESULTS: At 0, 0.5, 1, and 2 mm from the apex, the high-speed group showed the lowest centering ratio (ie, least deviation) followed by the medium-speed and low-speed groups (P < .05). Force values (downward and upward) tended to increase as the up-and-down speed increased; with the X2 and X3 instruments, the high-speed and/or medium-speed groups generated significantly larger values than the low-speed group (P < .05). With all instruments, the high-speed and/or medium-speed groups generated significantly larger clockwise torque than the low-speed group (P < .05). One and 2 X2 instruments fractured in the low- and high-speed groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The up-and-down speed affected the canal centering ability and stress generation of ProTaper Next instruments. The high-speed group showed the best centering ability but tended to generate larger vertical force and torque than the medium- and low-speed groups.