An In Vitro Comparison of the Rake Angles Between K3 and ProFile Endodontic File Systems

Authors

David Y. Chow, Marquette Universtiy
Sheila E. Stover, Marquette University
James Bahcall, Marquette UniversityFollow
Andris Jaunberzins, Marquette University
Jeffrey M. Toth, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

3-2005

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Journal of Endodontics

Source ISSN

0099-2399

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare rake angles of the ProFile and K3 file systems. Twenty-five 40/0.06 taper files were obtained for each system. Five files from the same manufacturer were placed perpendicularly into a vial of Epoxicure Resin and left to set for 24 h. The set-ups were removed from the vials and each were sectioned 5 mm from the tip of the files and polished. A photomicrograph was taken of each file with 100× magnification. Five sets of ProFile and five sets of K3 files were processed in this manner. Images were captured digitally, and rake angles of each file were measured. Multivariate ANOVA found a significant difference (p < 0.001) among the three negative rake angles of the ProFile system compared with the K3 system.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of Endodontics, Vol. 31, No. 3 (March 2005): 180-182. DOI. © 2005 Elsevier B.V. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Chow, David Y.; Stover, Sheila E.; Bahcall, James; Jaunberzins, Andris; and Toth, Jeffrey M., "An In Vitro Comparison of the Rake Angles Between K3 and ProFile Endodontic File Systems" (2005). Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications. 558.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bioengin_fac/558