Effect of pre-flaring and file size on the accuracy of two electronic apex locators

• Main Authors: Manoel Brito-Júnior (Author), Carla Cristina Camilo (Author), Gil Moreira-Júnior (Author), Jesus Djalma Pecora (Author), Manoel Damião Sousa-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: This ex vivo study evaluated the effect of pre-flaring and file size on the accuracy of the Root ZX and Novapex electronic apex locators (EALs). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The actual working length (WL) was set 1 mm short of the apical foramen in the palatal root canals of 24 extracted maxilla...