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Objective
: The aim
of this study
was to compare the cyclic fatigue resistance of two
nickel-titanium (NiTi) endodontic instruments from ProTaper and GT series X files.
Study Design:
Cyclic fatigue test
was realized
with instruments from
ProTaper: F1 and F3 (Denstply Maillefer,
Ballaigues, Switzerland) and GT-X: 20.06 and 30.08 (Dentsply Tulsa Dental, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of
America). A total of 320 instruments were rotated in 4 curved artificial canals with different angles and radius
of curvature. The time and cycles to failure
were calculated. The data
was compared using
a Mann-Whitney,
Kruskall-Wallis, and Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests, with a significance level of p<0.05.
Results:
GT-X files rotated for a significantly longer period of time before separation occurred, thus GT-X files
where more resistant to the cyclic fatigue compared
with ProTaper.
Conclusion
:
GT-X files have a greater resistance to cyclic fatigue, this fact can be caused by the use of the Ni-Ti
alloy "M-Wire".
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