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THE EFFECT OF GUTTA-PERCHA REMOVAL USING NICKEL-TITANIUM ROTARY INSTRUMENTS
Jeong-Hun Jeon, Jeong-Beom Min, Ho-Keel Hwang
J Korean Acad Conserv Dent 2004;29(3):212-218.   Published online January 14, 2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5395/JKACD.2004.29.3.212
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The purpose of this study was to quantify the amount of remaining gutta-percha/sealer on the walls of root canals when three types of nickel-titanium rotary instruments(Profile, ProTaper and K3) and a hand instrument(Hedstrom file) used to remove these materials.

The results of this study were as follows:

In the total time for gutta-percha removal, Profile group was the fastest and followed by K3, Protaper, Hedstrom file group.

In case of the evaluation of the volume of remained gutta-percha from radiograph, K3 group got the highest score and followed by Protaper, Hedstrom file, Profile group in the apical 1/3.

In case of the evaluation of the volume of gutta-percha remained from stereomicroscope, K3 group got the highest score and followed by Protaper, Hedstrom file, Profile group in the apical 1/3.

These results showed that instrumentation using nickel-titanium rotary instrument groups was faster than that using hand instrument group. The effect of gutta-percha removal using Profile group was better than that using Protaper and K3 group in the nickel-titanium rotary instrument groups.

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