Research Article
Shaping Ability of Reciproc, UnicOne, and Protaper Universal in Simulated Root Canals
Table 1
Mean ± standard deviation (mm2) of resin removed from the internal/external areas at all levels evaluated.
| | Groups | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | Level 6 | Total |
| Internal area | PTuA | 0.0321 (±0.0141) | 0.0514 (±0.0276) | 0.1057 (±0.0341) | 0.1930 (±0.0388) | 0.2468 (±0.0698) | 0.2592 (±0.0928) | 0.1479 (±0.1044) | RCpB | 0.0402 (±0.0163) | 0.1061 (±0.0525) | 0.2117 (±0.0584) | 0.3083 (±0.0799) | 0.3535 (±0.0717) | 0.3277 (±0.0792) | 0.2246 (±0.1329) | UnOC | 0.0285 (±0.0192) | 0.0456 (±0.0187) | 0.0909 (±0.0244) | 0.1413 (±0.0441) | 0.1894 (±0.0470) | 0.2171 (±0.0489) | 0.1188 (±0.0786) |
| External area | PTuA | 0.2166 (±0.0858) | 0.1409 (±0.0398) | 0.1086 (±0.0403) | 0.1072 (±0.0440) | 0.1246 (±0.0476) | 0.1705 (±0.0523) | 0.1447 (±0.0647) | RCpAB | 0.1540 (±0.0927) | 0.1223 (±0.0890) | 0.1075 (±0.0719) | 0.0852 (±0.0482) | 0.1019 (±0.0668) | 0.1545 (±0.0828) | 0.1203 (±0.0777) | UnOB | 0.0845 (±0.0535) | 0.0616 (±0.0424) | 0.0744 (±0.0544) | 0.0933 (±0.0514) | 0.1252 (±0.0607) | 0.1817 (±0.0644) | 0.1035 (±0.0663) |
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Significant difference between the groups (one-way ANOVA). Different letters: significant difference (Tukey test).
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