Research Article

Comparison of Canal Transportation and Centering Ability of One-G, EdgeGlidePath, and Neolix: A MicroComputed Tomography Study of Curved Root Canals

Table 2

Mean canal transportation and centering ratio of One-G, EdgeGlidePath, and Neolix files at 1, 3, 5, and 7 mm from the apex.

FileParameter1 mm (mean ± SD)3 mm (mean ± SD)5 mm (mean ± SD)7 mm (mean ± SD)

One-GTransportation0.014 ± 0.066a0.007 ± 0.047a0.029 ± 0.069a0.017 ± 0.044a
Centering ratio0.461 ± 0.287a0.614 ± 0.294a0.443 ± 0.212a0.673 ± 0.174a

EdgeGlidePathTransportation0.002 ± 0.032a0.011 ± 0.06a0.07 ± 0.197a0.019 ± 0.055a
Centering ratio0.459 ± 0.352a0.493 ± 0.229a0.643 ± 0.305a0.639 ± 0.349a

NeolixTransportation0.019 ± 0.052a0.004 ± 0.051a0.03 ± 0.086a0.03 ± 0.068a
Centering ratio0.537 ± 0.269a0.487 ± 0.283a0.381 ± 0.265a0.434 ± 0.281a

Different superscripted letters indicate a significant difference between the groups ().