29Oct 2017

INFLUENCE OF SPEED ON MICROCRACKS IN ROOT DENTIN DURING ROOT CANAL PREPARATION WITH TWO ROTARY SYSTEM-PROTAPER UNIVERSAL AND REVO-S.

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Introduction: The aim of the present study was to observe the influence of speed on cracks in root dentin using the ProTaper system and Revo S system at low, medium and high speed. Method: 36 mandibular premolar teeth that had been extracted for different reasons were selected. The teeth were decoronated and were divided into two groups-Group 1-ProTaper system (n-18) and Group 2-RevoS system (n-18). In group 1, 6 roots were shaped at 250rpm, 6 roots were shaped at 300rpm and 6 roots were shaped at 350rpm. Similar procedure was followed for group 2 at 250, 300,350rpm. After root canal procedure, all roots were sectioned horizontally at 3, 6,9mm from apex and were examined under stereomicroscope for presence of cracks. A Z test was used for data analysis. The significant level was set at P<0.05. Results: At 350rpm more percentage of microcracks were observed for both groups when compared to speed at 250 and 300rpm and at 300rpm both systems showed less incidence of cracks. RevoS system showed fewer incidences of cracks at high speed when compared to ProTaper system. Conclusion: In this in vitro study, instrumentation of root canals with RevoS at high speed made teeth less susceptible to cracks when compared to ProTaper system and 300rpm seems to be reasonable speed to use both these rotary files for cleaning and shaping in vivo with fewer incidence of cracks.


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[Remya Elizabeth Mathew, S.Vidhyadhara Shetty and Harish Shetty. (2017); INFLUENCE OF SPEED ON MICROCRACKS IN ROOT DENTIN DURING ROOT CANAL PREPARATION WITH TWO ROTARY SYSTEM-PROTAPER UNIVERSAL AND REVO-S. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Oct). 1889-1894] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


Dr Remya Elizabeth Mathew
Post Graduate Student,Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics,Yenepoya Dental College,Mangalore

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5716      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5716