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Variable impact by ambient temperature on fatigue resistance of heat-treated nickel titanium instruments

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Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different ambient temperatures on cyclic fatigue (CF) life of two NiTi rotary systems and correlate the results with martensitic transformation temperatures.

Materials and methods

Heat-treated NiTi Vortex Blue (VB) and EdgeSequel Sapphire (SP) instruments (tip sizes no. 20, 25, 30, 35, 40) were tested for CF resistance at room and body temperature (n = 20 each group) in a simulated canal (angle of curvature 60°; radius 3 mm; center from instrument tip 4.5 mm) with a motor controlled by an electric circuit. Mean half-life, beta and eta Weibull parameters were determined and compared. Two further instruments of each brand were subjected to differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).

Results

Temperature had an effect on fatigue behavior: all instruments lasted significantly longer at room than at body temperature. All VB significantly outlasted those of SP at body temperature; while smaller diameters of VB (size no. 20) were also significantly more resistant than SP when tested at room temperature; SP with larger diameters (sizes no. 30, no. 35, and no. 40) lasted significantly longer than VB did.

Conclusions

Immersion in water at body temperature was associated with a marked decrease in the fatigue life of all rotary instruments tested. VB instruments were significantly more CF resistant at body temperature and showed the highest predictability in terms of fracture resistance.

Clinical relevance

Rotary instruments manufactured with different post-machining heat treatment responded differently to changed ambient temperatures. DSC assessment of martensitic conversion temperatures helps to predict the behavior of nickel titanium rotaries in different environments.

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Acknowledgments

This study was performed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a MSD degree for Dr. Hejlawy and was supported by the AAE Foundation. Dr. OA Peters serves as a consultant for Dentsply Sirona whose support for this study is also acknowledged.

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The work was supported by the AAE foundation.

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  1. Department of Endodontics, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Ana Arias, Samer Hejlawy, Sarah Murphy & Ove A. Peters

  2. Department of Conservative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Complutense University, Plaza Ramon y Cajal s/n. Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Ana Arias & Jose C. de la Macorra

  3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Sanjay Govindjee

  4. Oral Health Centre, School of Dentistry, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia

    Ove A. Peters

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Arias, A., Hejlawy, S., Murphy, S. et al. Variable impact by ambient temperature on fatigue resistance of heat-treated nickel titanium instruments. Clin Oral Invest 23, 1101–1108 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-018-2543-6

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