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Effective Cleaning Protocols For Rotary Nickel‐Titanium Files
Author(s) -
Parashos Peter,
Linsuwat Pairoj,
Messer Harold H.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
australian endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.703
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1747-4477
pISSN - 1329-1947
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-4477.2003.tb00491.x
Subject(s) - nickel titanium , dental instruments , metallurgy , materials science , dentistry , computer science , medicine , shape memory alloy
Cleaning of dental instruments before sterilisation is an essential part of processing for re‐use. Rotary nickel‐titanium (NiTi) files as obtained from the manufacturer are mostly not sterile and require cleaning and sterilisation both before first use and for re‐use. We describe here two simple, practical cleaning protocols that are effective in removing organic debris from files. Rotary NiTi files can be safely re‐used from an infection control perspective.