Accuracy of the KontrolFlex AccuFile when used with the Root ZX electronic apex locator in vitro
Mia Tittle DDS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
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Craig A. Dunlap DDS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
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Craig A. Dunlap, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 5th Street, San Francisco CA 94013, USA.
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Search for more papers by this authorRaymond Scott DDS, MSD
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAna Arias DDS, MS, PhD
Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorScott Davis BS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorOve Peters DMD, MS, PhD
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Oral Health Centre, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Search for more papers by this authorMia Tittle DDS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
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Craig A. Dunlap DDS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
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Craig A. Dunlap, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, 155 5th Street, San Francisco CA 94013, USA.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorRaymond Scott DDS, MSD
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorAna Arias DDS, MS, PhD
Department of Conservative and Prosthetic Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Search for more papers by this authorScott Davis BS
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Search for more papers by this authorOve Peters DMD, MS, PhD
Department of Endodontics, University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California, USA
Oral Health Centre, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of the KontrolFlex™ Accufile™ compared to the READY•STEEL™ Flexofile® using an electronic apex locator and to evaluate the instrument's design via scanning electron microscopy. Actual canal lengths of 30 extracted teeth were determined under magnification. An alginate model was used to determine experimental canal lengths with the Root ZX II apex locator (EAL) and size #10 Accufiles and Flexofiles. Differences between actual lengths and experimental lengths were compared with Student's t test. The average experimental lengths were short of the actual length by −0.10 mm (±0.34) and −0.12 mm (±0.16) for the Accufile and Flexofile, respectively with no statistical difference (p > 0.05). SEM images revealed similar non-cutting Batt tips and a square cross-section for the Accufile and triangular for the Flexofile. Both files provided similarly high levels of reliability when used with the Root ZX II EAL.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Dr. Peters serves as a consultant for Dentsply Sirona. The remaining authors deny any conflicts of interest related to this study. Partial funding was supplied by a grant from the American Association of Endodontists Foundation.
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