Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to compare the cyclic fatigue of EdgeFile, ProTaper Gold, OneShape, and ProTaper nickel-titanium rotary instruments. Materials and methods: F2 ProTaper Universal and ProTaper Gold (Dentsply, Tulsa Dental Specialties, Tulsa, OK, USA), C2 EdgeFile (EDGEENDO, Albuquerque, NM, USA), and size 25 OneShape (Micro-Mega, Besancon Cedex, France) (15 instruments each group) were tested for cyclic fatigue in an artificial canal with a 6-mm radius and a 45° curvature. The number of cycles to fatigue (NCF) was recorded, the lateral surface and fractured face of segments were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and the cross-sectional area was measured. One-way ANOVAs and Games-Howell tests were utilized for data analysis. A significant difference was set at 0.05. Results: The EdgeFile had significantly greater resistance to cyclic fatigue, compared with the ProTaper Gold, OneShape, and ProTaper Universal (p 0.05), and the ProTaper Universal exhibited significantly lower resistance to cyclic fatigue compared to the other systems (p 0.05). No significant differences were found among the groups regarding the length of the fractured segments (p>0.05). Conclusion: EdgeFile rotary files have superior resistance to cyclic fatigue, followed in order by the ProTaper Gold, OneShape, and ProTaper Universal rotary files.
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