Corrosion of Ni-Ti Rotary Instruments: A Review

• Main Authors: Zahed Mohammadi (Author), Jun-Ichiro Kinoshita (Author), Atsufumi Manabe (Author), Mikihiro Kobayashi (Author), Sousan Shalavi (Author), Hamid Jafarzadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) alloys used in endodontics contain 56% Ni and 44% Ti. The 2 unique features related to clinical dentistry (i.e., shape memory effect and superelasticity) are due to the transition from austenite to martensite in Ni-Ti alloy. When a superelastic Ni-Ti alloy undergoes a low...