Research Article

A Stereomicroscopic Evaluation of Dentinal Cracks at Different Instrumentation Lengths by Using Different Rotary Files (ProTaper Universal, ProTaper Next, and HyFlex CM): An Ex Vivo Study

Table 2

Comparison of incidence of cracks at instrumentation length between PTU and PTN groups.

File typeNumber of cracks Instrumentation length value value
AF + 1 mmAFAF − 1 mm

PTN168 (50.0)5 (31.3)3 (18.8)0.500.777
PTU178 (47.1)7 (41.2)2 (11.8)