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Article: Texas A&M University publishes research in fatigue.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- May 27, 2009
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According to recent research published in the Journal of Endodontics, "Recently, a new generation of nickel-titanium (NiTi) rotary instruments including the Twisted File (TF; Sybron Dental Specialties, Orange, CA) and ProFile GT Series X (GTX; Denstply, Tulsa Dental Specialties, Tulsa, OK) was introduced to the market. The purpose of this study was to determine if these new NiTi instruments were more resistant to cyclic fatigue compared with traditionally ground NiTi rotary instruments such as EndoSequence (ES; Brasseler, Savannah, GA) and ProFile (PF; Dentsply, Tulsa Dental Specialties)."
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