Incidence of Instrument Separation Using LightSpeed Rotary Instruments

Autor:	Nathan B. Hammond, Jose L. Ibarrola, Kenneth I. Knowles, Stephen G. Biggs
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Titanium Dental Instruments medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Separation (statistics) Nickel Equipment Reuse medicine Forensic engineering Humans Equipment Failure Medical physics business General Dentistry Root Canal Preparation Dental Alloys
Zdroj:	Journal of Endodontics. 32:14-16
ISSN:	0099-2399
DOI:	10.1016/j.joen.2005.10.008
Popis:	The use of nickel-titanium rotary instrument systems has gained popularity over the past 10 years. One of these instrument systems is the LightSpeed (LightSpeed Technology, Inc, San Antonio, TX). One drawback for all nickel-titanium rotary instruments is the incidence of instrument separation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of nonretrievable instrument separation using the LightSpeed system in a clinical setting. A total of 3543 canals were treated over a 24 month period and during that time, 46 LightSpeed instruments were separated and found to be nonretrievable, resulting in a separation rate of 1.30%. This rate was lower than previous reported studies.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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