Open AccessA comparative evaluation of the increase in root canal surface area and canal transportation in curved root canals by three rotary systems: A cone-beam computed tomographic study
Author(s) -
Nalam N. V. D. Prasanthi,
Tanikonda Rambabu,
Girija S Sajjan,
K Madhu Varma,
Kalyan Satish R,
M Padmaja
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.190003
Subject(s) - root canal , computed tomographic , cone beam computed tomography , root (linguistics) , beam (structure) , computed tomography , surface (topology) , materials science , mathematics , dentistry , physics , geometry , medicine , optics , radiology , linguistics , philosophy
The aim of this study was to measure the increase in root canal surface area and canal transportation after biomechanical preparation at 1, 3, and 5 mm short of the apex with three different rotary systems in both continuous rotary and reciprocating rotary motions.