Open AccessScanning electron microscopic evaluation of the influence of manual and mechanical glide path on the surface of nickel-titanium rotary instruments in moderately curved root canals: An in-vivo study
Author(s) -
Dishant Patel,
Kusum Bashetty,
A Srirekha,
S Archana,
B Savitha,
R Vijay
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 - 10.4103/0972-0707.194035
Subject(s) - nickel titanium , root canal , significant difference , orthodontics , statistical analysis , materials science , biomedical engineering , dentistry , medicine , mathematics , composite material , statistics , shape memory alloy
The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of manual versus mechanical glide path (GP) on the surface changes of two different nickel-titanium rotary instruments used during root canal therapy in a moderately curved root canal.