The effect of canal curvature on cyclic fatigue resistance of rotary instruments using different irrigation materials ( in vitro study)

F1000Res. 2024 Apr 8:12:449. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.130249.2. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Background: The mechanical qualities of Ni-Ti is crucial because they give the files their flexibility and enable us to prepare curved and double-curved canals with more ease. It happens frequently for instruments to separate during canal preparation, and cyclic fatigue (metal fatigue) is a frequent cause.This study aimed to assess how irrigation affected the two rotary endodontic instruments' cyclic fatigue resistance.

Methods: The Edge File and Fanta File rotary endodontic instrument groups were chosen. Each group (n = 42) was split into 3 subgroups (n = 14 each), one receiving NaOH, one Glycine, and one EDTA treatment. The number of cycles to failure (NCF) was determined after each subgroup underwent testing for cyclic fatigue resistance.

Results: The result appeared different significant between the two group and sub-group with the different materials that used with it with the length of fractures and time that recorded in each group.

Conclusion: NaOCl, glycine, and EDTA as chemical materials appeared to have considerably varied cycle fatigue resistance for various lengths of fractures and durations, according to the comparison between the two evaluated instruments.

Keywords: M wire; autoclave; curve canal; cyclic fatigue; fracture; irrigation; rotation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Dental Pulp Cavity
  • Edetic Acid / chemistry
  • Equipment Failure
  • Glycine / chemistry
  • Humans
  • Materials Testing
  • Nickel / chemistry
  • Root Canal Irrigants / chemistry
  • Root Canal Preparation* / instrumentation
  • Sodium Hypochlorite / chemistry
  • Titanium / chemistry

Substances

  • Edetic Acid
  • Root Canal Irrigants
  • Nickel
  • Titanium
  • Glycine
  • Sodium Hypochlorite

Grants and funding

The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work.