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Published on: April 18, 2019
Transportation assessment in artificial curved canals after instrumentation with Reciproc, Reciproc Blue, and XP-endo
Juan Pacheco-Yanes1, Isbelia Gazzaneo1, Alejandro R Pérez1
1Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Aim:
In the present study, we compared the transportation of three different instrumentation systems in different levels of standardized artificial curved canals.
Methods:
Sixty epoxy resin blocks containing simulated canals were divided into three groups (n = 20) according to the instrument used for canal preparation: Reciproc (REC), Reciproc Blue (REC Blue), and XP-endo Shaper (XPS). Pre- and post-instrumentation digital images of each specimen were superimposed by Photoshop software to evaluate the different amount of transportation. The Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon were the non-parametric tests applied for the intergroup and intragroup analyses, respectively. The significance level was set at 5%.
Results:
The XPS showed significantly less canal transportation than REC Blue at five levels (P < 0.05) and significantly less canal transportation at seven evaluated levels when compared with the REC (P < 0.05). REC Blue showed significant less canal transportation than REC at four of the eight evaluated levels (P < 0.05). All evaluated instruments showed a significantly higher amount of resin removal toward the inner wall compared to the outer wall of the curvature (P < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Although the XPS showed significantly less canal transportation than REC and REC Blue, all systems produced transportation from the original canal anatomy.
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