Shaping, and disinfecting abilities of ProTaper Universal, ProTaper Gold, and Twisted Files: A correlative microcomputed tomographic and bacteriologic analysis

• Main Authors: Malavika Sivakumar (Author), Ruchika Roongta Nawal (Author), Sangeeta Talwar (Author), C P Baveja (Author), Rega Kumar (Author), Sudha Yadav (Author), S Santosh Kumar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess the canal shaping ability and reduction of Enterococcus faecalis (E. faecalis) by ProTaper Universal (PTU), ProTaper Gold (PTG), and Twisted File (TF) systems, using microcomputed tomography (μCT). Methods: Distobuccal canals of 36 extracted human maxilla...