Evaluation of the surface characteristics of nickel-titanium rotary instruments after clinical use: An atomic force microscope study

• Main Authors: Namrata Jain (Author), Shruthi Nagaraja (Author), Sylvia Mathew (Author), Bhawna Jethani (Author), Mohini Kumari (Author), Sharanya Nambiar (Author), Soumya Sasank (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: This study aimed to compare the surface roughness of two rotary nickel-titanium instrument systems before and after clinical use using atomic force microscope (AFM). Methods: Sixteen instruments of two rotary nickel-titanium systems were used in this study. Eight MTwo (VDW, Munich, Germany) ins...