Abstract
The cutting efficiency and the effects of instrumentation on curved canal shape of both stainless-steel and nickel-titanium nonstandardized ProFile Series 29 hand instruments and stainless-steel Flexoreamer were investigated under standardized conditions. Concerning cutting efficiency in rotary motion, the Flexoreamer had significantly (p < 0.01) greater cutting efficiency than stainless-steel ProFiles and nickel-titanium ProFiles. Changes in the canal shape differed significantly between the different instruments at all measuring points (p < 0.001). After instrumentation with Flexoreamers with inclusion of two half-sizes (#17 and #22), there were fewer undesirable changes in canal shape compared with both stainless-steel and nickel-titanium ProFile Series 29 instruments. In this study, it seemed that flexible stainless-steel instruments with noncutting tips were superior to the nonstandardized ProFile Series 29 instruments with regard to cutting efficiency and instrumentation of curved canals.
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