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CLINICAL ORAL INVESTIGATIONS
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 1527-1530Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-016-1917-x
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Cyclic fatigue; F6 SkyTaper; K3XF; OneShape; TRUShape 3D conforming files
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The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the cyclic fatigue resistance of F6 SkyTaper (Komet Brasseler, Lemgo, Germany), K3XF (SybronEndo, Orange, CA, USA), new generation OneShape (Micro Mega, Besancon, France) and TRUShape 3D conforming files (Dentsply Tulsa Dental Specialties, Tulsa, OK, USA). Ten instruments from each group were selected and allowed to rotate using a low-torque motor in a stainless steel block with 1.5 mm diameter, 3 mm radius of 60A degrees angle of curvature at the manufacturer's recommended speed, and the number of cycles (NCF) from the beginning to the fracture was recorded. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by post-hoc Tukey's test (P = 0.05). The ranking of the groups from the highest to the lowest NCF was as follows: F6 SkyTaper (959 +/- 92), K3XF (725 +/- 71), TRUShape (575 +/- 84) and OneShape (289 +/- 58). Statistically significant differences were detected between all groups (P < 0.05). Within the limitations of this study, F6 SkyTaper instruments presented the highest cyclic fatigue resistance among the tested instruments. The S-shaped cross-sectional design of F6 SkyTaper instruments could be the most important factor on the superior cyclic life span of these instruments. In endodontic practice, preferring the instruments with higher cyclic fatigue resistance would help to minimize the risk of instrument fractures; therefore especially during the preparation of curved canals, instruments with smaller core area and less cross-sectional metal mass, which could lead higher flexibility, can be proposed.
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