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 3

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

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

PTN168 (50.0)5 (31.3)3 (18.8)1.950.378
HyFlex CM10 (0.0)1 (2.9)0 (0.0)