Research Article
Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Various Nickel-Titanium Rotary Instruments
Table 1
Specifications of the NiTi instruments used in this study.
| | NiTi alloy | Product | Tip size | Taper | Length (mm) | Manufacturer |
| | Conventional | ProFile | #25 | Constant (0.06) | 21 | Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland | | K3 | #25 | Constant (0.06) | 21 | Kerr Corp., Orange, CA, USA | | One Shape | #25 | Constant (0.06) | 21 | Micro-Mega, Besançon, France |
| | M-wire | ProTaper NEXT | #25
(X2) | Variable | 21 | Dentsply Maillefer | | Reciproc | #25
(R25) | Variable | 21 | VDW GmbH, Munich, Germany | | WaveOne | #25
(Primary) | Variable | 21 | Dentsply Maillefer |
| | CM-wire | HyFlex CM | #25 | Constant (0.06) | 21 | Coltène/Whaledent, Altstätten, Switzerland |
| | R-phase | TF | #25 | Constant (0.06) | 23 | Kerr Corp. |
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