Research Article

Efficacy of Two Irrigants Used with Self-Adjusting File System on Smear Layer: A Scanning Electron Microscopy Study

Table 1

Hülsmann scores given with the number of specimens that belong to each score and the percent of cleaning for Group 1 (MTAD + NaOCl).

Group 1 coronal thirdGroup 1 middle thirdGroup 1 apical third
CleanSmear layer presentCleanSmear layer presentCleanSmear layer present

Score123451234512345
1634331522

Total70%30%70%30% 60/%40%

: number of specimens.