Research Article

Impact of Peracetic Acid on the Dynamic Cyclic Fatigue of Heat-Treated Nickel-Titanium Rotary Endodontic Instrument

Table 1

Instrument groupings and their characteristics.

Group numberFile groupsCross-sectional designMaterialManufacturingOperational procedure

Group 1One Curve (OC; Micro-Mega, Besancon, France)Variables from triangular to S shapes at apical to coronal partNiTi: C wireHeat-treatedDynamic-continuous

Group 2ProTaper Gold (PTG); Dentsply Maillefer, Ballaigues, Switzerland)Convex triangularNiTi: gold-wireHeat-treatedDynamic-continuous

Group 3Wave One Gold (WOG; Dentsply Sirona, Ballaigues, Switzerland)ParallelogramNiTi: gold-wireHeat-treatedDynamic-reciprocal (clockwise 150° and anticlockwise 30°)