Dr. Paul Sokolowski may use a heat-activated nickel-titanium (NiTi) wire in your orthodontic treatment. NiTi wires are designed to help your teeth move into their proper positions more effectively, making your treatment shorter and much more comfortable.
What is the characteristic feature of nickel titanium files?
Superelasticity and shape memory are the properties that make nickel titanium rotary files very flexible. The high flexibility makes them superior to stainless steel files for the purpose of rotary root canal preparation. The use of nickel titanium rotary files in dentistry is a common practice.
How many times can rotary files be used?
The results of this study indicate that ProTaper rotary files may be safely reused at least four times. The size of the rotary file, among other factors, will determine how many times a particular file should be used.
What is C file Endo?
Maillefer C-Files are made of specially treated stainless steel for amazing stiffness and strength. The result is easier access to challenging, calcified canals. Heat-tempered steel for stiff performance. Twisted file design for greater strength.
What is radial land endodontic file?
A radial land is a surface that pro- jects axially from the central axis, between flutes, as far as the cut- ting edge. It is the combination of a non-cutting tip and radial land that keeps a file centered in the canal.
What is Endo Rotary?
Rotary endodontics involved an electrically-powered instrument which performs the root canal treatment and replaces the traditional stainless-steel manual files.
When should I discard endodontic files?
The only way to monitor cyclic fatigue is to discard an instrument after it has been used in a troublesome canal or tooth. It has been our experience that rotary files that separate in the apical 1 to 3 mm are usually the result of excessive torque.
What is Taper endodontic file?
Variable Taper files are designed to offer the optimal preparation features of adequate (not excessive) coronal enlargement, full deep shape, and apical resistance form in a simple instrument sequence.
What does Endo Activator do?
The EndoActivator® System is used in endodontic treatment by application of sonic energy. The Activator tips are used in conjunction with the Handpiece/Driver to provide the energy for tip oscillation and vibration. A cleaned root canal system facilitates 3-D obturation and long-term success.
What is Rotary file?
Definition of rotary file : a file of cylindrical or modified cylindrical form that is given a rotating rather than a reciprocating motion.
What are the advantages of NiTi files for endodontics?
For endodontic instruments, the practical advantages of this principle are evident: a NiTi file with “controlled memory” adapts to the anatomical shape of the root canal during the entire treatment procedure. In case of resistance or a block in the canal, the file bypasses this stress situation by changing their cross-sectional shape.
What’s new in modern endodontics?
Nowhere in dentistry is technical progress as rapid as in modern endodontics. The development of flexible nickel-titanium files in the late 1980s created entirely new and hitherto unknown opportunities in the mechanical preparation of root canals. Numerous recent innovations have made endodontics significantly easier.
What is modular Niti?
Modular NiTi systems enable variable approaches depending on the anatomical situation; fast instrumentation with only a few files or highly precise canal shaping with an array of NiTi files. In 2015 COLTENE introduced HyFlex EDM, a 5th generation NiTi file.
Is it possible to verify the clinical condition of a NiTi file?
Unfortunately, the pseudo elasticity of conventional NiTi files often masks existing plastic deformation: visibly, the damaged file does not differ from an unused file, but the consequences during endodontic preparation can be serious. Until now, the dentist had no prospect of verifying the clinical condition of the used instrument.
