Burs
Straight or tapered fissure burs and long
shank round burs (no.2, 4, 6 and 8)
Locking pliers
For handling of the
absorbent paper points
and filling materials
Endodontic explorer
The straight end: locate
canal orifices.
The L-shaped: detecting
un-removed portions of
the pulp chamber.
Spoon Excavator:
Extra-length, double-ended
Used for removal of caries,
coronal pulp tissue and cotton
pellets in the pulp chamber.
Plastic Instrument:
Carry and place temporary filling material.
Condense filling material in the pulp chamber.
Reamers
Manufactured by the grinding sections of a round
metal stock into a triangular shaped blade.
The machined blade is then twisted to produce
the flutes
Have ½ to 1 flute per millimeter.
Files:
Types of files :
(1) (K) type files, Kerr manufacturing
company
(2) (H) Hedstrom file .
Files act by
* Rasping action for scraping of dentin.
* Reaming action.
(1) K-type file:
-The blade is ground into a square tapered blank
- The square stock stronger instrument, less
flexible & less sharp.
- 1 ½ to 2 ¼ flutes per millimeter.
(2) Hedstrom files:
-The flutes are ground into successively larger cones
or triangles from the tip to the handle.
- Remove dentin more efficiently.
- It cuts only on the
withdrawal stroke and
should never be used in
a reaming movement.
1- D 0: Tip
2- D16: Termination
3- Blade Length: is 16 mm.
4- D16: is 0.32 mm > D 0
D 16---D 0 0.32 mm
------------------------------------------------ = ------------ = 0.02 mm
Length between D 0 and D 16 16.0 mm
Taper :
Number : Diameter at D0 × 100 .
Tip : Pointed (acute angle ) 75 ± 15 degree
Numbering
diameter D 0 in mm x 100 e.g.: if the diameter at D 0 is
0.30 mm the number given to the instrument is 30.
progressive increase in size from one
instrument to the next is to be :
- 0.02 mm. for sizes 6, 8, and 10,
- 0.05 mm. from size 10 to size 60,
- 0.1 mm. thereafter from size 60 to size 140
Standardized Dimensions of Root Canal
Files and Reamers Established By The ISO
1.Taper.
2.Tip angle.
3.Length of the blade.
4.Size.
5.Number.
6.Grad. Incr. in size.
7.Color Coding.
Diameter in hundredths
of mm
D-0 D-16
Color Standardized number
0.38
0.40
0.42
0.47
0.52
0.57
0.62
0.67
0.72
0.77
0.82
0.87
0.92
1.02
1.12
1.22
1.32
1.42
1.52
1.62
1.72
0.06
0.08
0.10
0.15
0.20
0.25
0.30
0.35
0.40
0.45
0.50
0.55
0.60
0.70
0.80
0.90
1.00
1.10
1.20
1.30
1.40
Orange
Silver
Purple
White
Yellow
Red
Blue
Green
Black
White
Yellow
Red
Blue
Green
Black
White
Yellow
Red
Blue
Green
black
6
8
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
70
80
90
100
110
120
130
140
Color
coding of
different
sizes
Handle style
The handles are divided into:
1. long handled:
2. short handled:
Made of metal or plastic handles .
3. Measurement control handles (test handle):
- It is fitted with a chuck that allows for adjustment of the
length projecting from the handle.
Length of the instrument
Variety of lengths.
- 21 mm, 25 mm, 28 mm, 31 mm
Instruments stops:
(1) Using marking paste (a mixture
of petroleum jelly and zinc oxide).
(2) Silicone or small rubber discs.
(3) A metal stop.
(4)Test handle system
Lentulo spiral filler:
- These instruments are
normally made from fine
wire, which is twisted to
form a tapered spiral.
Obturation Instruments
Pluggers Spreaders
Obturation Instruments
Two major areas of development of new files
1- Increase the file flexibility by changing
the file Metals.
2- Increase the file flexibility and cutting
efficiency by changing the file Design.
Modifications Of Intracanal
Instruments
2- Modifications of file Design
(Hybrid Instruments)
Included:
1. Manufacturing.
2. Cross Section.
3. Tip design.
4. Cutting blade. (Length & Side)
5. Depth and angel of blades.
6. Shaft Design
7. Taper.
8. Numbering .
9. Flexibility.
1- Modification in Manufacturing
•Twisting (K- file)
•Milling (Flex-R- file)
3- Modification in Tip Design
Uni-file Safety –H file H-file = Flex-R file
A-File
4.a- Length of cutting blade
4- Modification in cutting blade
Canal Master Flexogates LightSpeed
4.b- Non cutting side of the blade
4- Modification in cutting blade
conventional non cutting side
H-file H-file
5- Modification in depth /angle of blade
H-file A-file
40°
70°
Smooth Flexible Non cutting shaft
6- Modification in Shaft Design
Canal Master LightSpeed
Angle Taper 6%
ISO Standard :
Angle Taper 2%
Angle Taper from
5 to 8%
7- Modification in Taper
Angle Taper 4%
8- Modification in numbering system
9- Modification in Flexibility
This involves
1.modification in the Material,
2.modification in Cross section, and
3.modification in shaft design
Used in Four types of contra–angle hand
pieces:
1- A full rotary hand piece , either latch or
friction grip types.
2- A reciprocating / quarter turn hand piece.
3- A vertical strokes hand piece with an added
reciprocating quarter turn.
4- Sonic and Ultrasonic hand pieces.
I) Rotary Contra- angle hand pieces:
Special drills or reamers may be used to:
Funnel out orifices
widen coronal two thirds or
Prepare post space
used with Gates-Glidden drills,
Peeso reamer,
Canal Master,
Orifice opener,
Rotary H, U and K-types instrument.
1- Gates - Glidden drill:
3- Peeso Reamer:
1- preparing the coronal portion
2- preparing post space.
3- Safe ended type
should be used to
prevent lateral
perforation.
• Create a funnel shaped opening
which is helpful during instrumentation
and obturation phases.
Orifice opener: -2
4- Rotary
1- As Giromatic handpiece which
accept only
latch type instruments.
2- It makes a quarter turn motion
about 3000 rpm
II ) Reciprocating handpiece:
III ) Vertical stroke handpiece:
1- It is driven either by air or electrically.
2- A vertical stroke ranging from 0.3- 1 mm.
3- The hand piece has a quarter turn
reciprocating motion along with
the vertical stroke.
IV-) Ultrasonic and Sonic handpieces:
Instruments used in the handpieces that
move near (Sonic) or faster (Ultrasonic)
than the speed of sound range.
It use standard K-type file design or
special broach-like instruments.
Ultrasonic Handpiece
Ultrasonic oscillation is generated by :
Magnetostrictive or Piezoelectricity.
Files: Modified K-file & Diamond Impregnated files
Action:
Advantage:
- the canal is debrided better
- bacteria are killed more readily
- less postoperative pain
Indication:
Micro-streaming effect with Sonic Oscillation
A: RispiSonic,
B: ShaperSonic,
C: TrioSonic
Sonics and Ultrasonics
Sonic Ultrasonic
Less than 20 KHz From 20-50 KHz
Air-powered Electrical power
Irrigant (water) Irrigant (NaOcl)
Rispi & shaper K-flex & D-file
MM 3000 Cavi-Endo
Engine-Driven Instruments
Disadvantages:
Loss of tactile sense
Ledge formation / perforation
Instrument separation
Root canals prepared with laser irradiation were
cleaner than that prepared with hand instruments
and the smear layer was removed.
The main limitation of the laser is the fiber which
carried the laser beam in one parallel direction so,
The main effect of the laser is kept concentrated at the
apical foramen resulting in damaging effect on the
periapical tissues.
While the lateral walls of the canal are affected only by
reflected and scattered part of irradiation with minimal
indirect effect.
Laser canal preparation
Adv.
Dis