Restor Dent Endod.
2018 May;43(2):e25. 10.5395/rde.2018.43.e25.
Cyclic fatigue resistance, torsional resistance, and metallurgical characteristics of M3 Rotary and M3 Pro Gold NiTi files
- Pedullà E
- Lo Savio F
- La Rosa GR
- Miccoli G
- Bruno E
- Rapisarda
- Chang SW
- Rapisarda
- La Rosa G
- Gambarini
- Testarelli L
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of General Surgery and Surgical-Medical Specialties, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. g_larosa92@live.it
- 2Industrial Engineering, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- 3Department of Endodontics, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
- 4MATIS IMM-CNR and Department of Physics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
- 5Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2416524
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5395/rde.2018.43.e25
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To evaluate the mechanical properties and metallurgical characteristics of the M3 Rotary and M3 Pro Gold files (United Dental).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
One hundred and sixty new M3 Rotary and M3 Pro Gold files (sizes 20/0.04 and 25/0.04) were used. Torque and angle of rotation at failure (n = 20) were measured according to ISO 3630-1. Cyclic fatigue resistance was tested by measuring the number of cycles to failure in an artificial stainless steel canal (60° angle of curvature and a 5-mm radius). The metallurgical characteristics were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance and the Student-Newman-Keuls test.
RESULTS
Comparing the same size of the 2 different instruments, cyclic fatigue resistance was significantly higher in the M3 Pro Gold files than in the M3 Rotary files (p < 0.001). No significant difference was observed between the files in the maximum torque load, while a significantly higher angular rotation to fracture was observed for M3 Pro Gold (p < 0.05). In the DSC analysis, the M3 Pro Gold files showed one prominent peak on the heating curve and 2 prominent peaks on the cooling curve. In contrast, the M3 Rotary files showed 1 small peak on the heating curve and 1 small peak on the cooling curve.
CONCLUSIONS
The M3 Pro Gold files showed greater flexibility and angular rotation than the M3 Rotary files, without decrement of their torque resistance. The superior flexibility of M3 Pro Gold files can be attributed to their martensite phase.
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