Corrosion resistance assessment of nickel-titanium endodontic files with and without heat treatment.
Tatiana Dias CostaElison da Fonseca E SilvaPaula Liparini CaetanoMarcio José da Silva CamposLeandro Marques de ResendeAndré Guimarães MachadoAntônio Márcio Resende do CarmoPublished in: Restorative dentistry & endodontics (2020)
Signs of corrosion were observed in both heat-treated and non-heat-treated files. Of the evaluated files, WaveOne (a heat-treated file) and ProTaper (a non-heat-treated file) exhibited the lowest corrosion resistance.