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ArticleRestorative dentistry & endodontics2025

Phase transformation temperatures influence the reduction ratio of fatigue resistance of nickel-titanium reciprocating files at body temperature: an in vitro experimental study.

Walid Nehme, Alfred Naaman, Lola Pedèches, Sylvie Lê, Marie Georgelin-Gurgel, Sang Won Kwak, Hyeon-Cheol Kim, Franck Diemer

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Walid NehmeDepartment of Endodontics, Arthur Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Alfred NaamanDepartment of Endodontics, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Lola PedèchesUFR d'Odontologie et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Sylvie LêUFR d'Odontologie et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Marie Georgelin-GurgelUFR d'Odontologie et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.
Sang Won KwakDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Dental and Life Science Institute, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
Hyeon-Cheol KimDepartment of Conservative Dentistry, Dental and Life Science Institute, School of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
Franck DiemerUFR d'Odontologie et Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.

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Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of transformational temperatures on the cyclic fatigue resistance at body temperature of reciprocating file systems: R motion (RM), Procodile Q (PQ), and Reciproc Blue. Methods: Resistance test was done in a custom-made device at room (20°C ± 1°C) and body (37°C ± 1°C) temperatures within a 60° angle of curvature and 5 mm radius of the artificial canal. The time to fracture (TTF) was recorded. The scanning electron microscope observation and differential scanning calorimetry analyses were performed. Two-way analysis of variance and Tukey post-hoc comparison were applied at a significance level of 0.05. Results: The results showed a significant influence of temperature on instrumental breakage, regardless of the file systems (p < 0.05). The TTF is significantly decreased at body temperature (p < 0.05). PQ showed the longest TTF in both temperature conditions (p < 0.05). RM demonstrated a significantly higher TTF reduction ratio compared to the other files (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Within the limitations of this study, the heat-treated files with reciprocating kinetics may have different reduction ratios of the fatigue resistance of the file systems under different temperature conditions. This characteristic is an important point of consideration when clinicians select the file system to reduce potential file fracture.

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Body temperatureCyclic fatigue resistanceHeat-treated files fractureTransformational temperature

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PMCPMC12707565

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