Open AccessCyclic fatigue resistance, torsional resistance, and metallurgical characteristics of M3 Rotary and M3 Pro Gold NiTi files
Author(s) -
Eugenio Pedullà,
Fabio Lo Savio,
Giusy Rita Maria La Rosa,
Gabriele Miccoli,
E. Bruno,
Silvia Rapisarda,
Seok Woo Chang,
E. Rapisarda,
Guido La Rosa,
Gianluca Gambarini,
Luca Testarelli
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
restorative dentistry and endodontics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2234-7666
pISSN - 2234-7658
DOI - 10.5395/rde.2018.43.e25
Subject(s) - nickel titanium , materials science , metallurgy , cyclic stress , shape memory alloy
The M3 Pro Gold files showed greater flexibility and angular rotation than the M3 Rotary files, without decrement of their torque resistance. The superior flexibility of M3 Pro Gold files can be attributed to their martensite phase.
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