Ex vivo evaluation of the accuracy of four electronic foraminal locators

To evaluate the accuracy of four different Electronic Foraminal Locators (EFLs): Root ZX II (J. Morita, Tokyo, Japan), Romiapex A15 (Romidan, Kiryat-Ono, Israel), FinePex (Schuster, Porto Alegre, Brazil), and VDW Gold (VDW, Munich, Germany), in determining root canal length. Twenty-seven human singl...

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Published in:Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry 2024-01, Vol.16 (1), p.e18-e24
Main Authors: Lima, Ilana-Thais-de Freitas, Paula, Ana-Letícia-Linhares-de Sousa, Palheta-Filho, Reuton-Dos Santos, Santos, Amanda-Brito, Freitas, Nathalia-de Aguiar, Candeiro, George-Táccio-de Miranda
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Summary:To evaluate the accuracy of four different Electronic Foraminal Locators (EFLs): Root ZX II (J. Morita, Tokyo, Japan), Romiapex A15 (Romidan, Kiryat-Ono, Israel), FinePex (Schuster, Porto Alegre, Brazil), and VDW Gold (VDW, Munich, Germany), in determining root canal length. Twenty-seven human single-rooted teeth had their crowns sectioned at the cementoenamel junction, and the actual length of the tooth was obtained by visualizing with an operative microscope a #15 file placed adjacent to the apical foramen. The teeth were instrumented with R25 and R40 files, and at the end of each instrumentation, measurements of the lengths of the root canals were made with #25 and #40 files. The data were statistically analyzed by ANOVA and chi-square tests and were considered significant when
ISSN:1989-5488
1989-5488
DOI:10.4317/jced.61003