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.

GroupsLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6Total

Internal areaPTuA0.0321 (±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)
RCpB0.0402 (±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)
UnOC0.0285 (±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 areaPTuA0.2166 (±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)
RCpAB0.1540 (±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)
UnOB0.0845 (±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)

Significant difference between the groups (one-way ANOVA). Different letters: significant difference (Tukey test).