Comparison of root canal cleanliness with different rotary instruments: An Invitro Study

by Saurabh Garg

Biomechanical preparation, disinfection and obturation all together constitute equally important phases of endodontic treatment. Chemomechanical preparation of the root canal through a combination of mechanical instrumentation and antibacterial irrigation is the critical stage in canal disinfection. During the last decade, several new nickel titanium instruments for manual root canal preparation as well as for use in a rotary endodontic handpiece have been developed in order to facilitate the difficult and time consuming process of cleaning and shaping the root canal system and to improve the final quality of root canal preparation. The comparative evaluation of the new instruments to remove smear layer material produced during endodontic preparation is unknown. Aim of this study is to assess smear layer formation following canal preparation using Endowave, K3 and ProTaper using Scanning Electron Microscope.

76 pages, Paperback

Published July 10, 2012

About the author

Curious marketeer by the day, Saurabh Garg is a storyteller by the night. The Nidhi Kapoor story is his first full-length story.

Apart from writing, Saurabh is passionate about startups, travel and poker. When he is not working on creating characters and plots for his upcoming stories, he likes to meet and talk to other interesting people and ask them stupid questions that often don't have answers.

Saurabh maintains a very elaborate bucket list. The item on top of his list is to visit every country in the world. So far, he's been to 15.

Originally from Delhi and based out of Mumbai, he went to Delhi university and MDI Gurgaon for his undergrad and postgrad respectively.