en Endodontics Endodontics Original article Original article <div> <table align="center" hspace="0" vspace="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 0in 12px; text-align: justify;" valign="top"><span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Background and Aim</span></span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">:</span></span></span></b><b> </b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Cleaning and shaping is one of the important steps in endodontic treatment, which has an important role in root canal treatment outcome. This study evaluated the rate of file fracture and file deformation in Neolix rotary system and K-files in shaping of the mesiobuccal canal of maxillary first molars with moderate curvature. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Materials and Methods:</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""> In this ex vivo experimental study, the mesiobuccal root curvature of maxillary first molars was measured by the Schneider&rsquo;s method, and canal preparation was performed in 2 groups of 30 with Neolix rotary system and manual K-files. To determine the fracture rate of files, a file was used until it broke or deformed, and the number of canals cleaned by that file was recorded. The data were analyzed by the Mann-Whitney U test.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">Results</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">: File<b> </b>fracture rate in the rotary group was slightly higher than that in the manual K-file group but, the frequency of file deformation in manual K-files was slightly more than that in the rotary group. There was no statistically significant relationship between file type and frequency of file fracture or deformation (P>0.05).</span></span></span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana=""><span style="color:#2e74b5">&nbsp; Conclusion:</span></span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:" verdana="">Manual stainless steel K files and Neolix NiTi rotary files were the same in terms of file fracture and file deformation in preparation of canals with&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; moderate curvature. </span></span></div> Endodontics, Root Canal Preparation, Equipment Design 219 225 http://jrdms.dentaliau.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-391-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 A Mesgarani a_mesgarani@yahoo.com 100319475328460010561 100319475328460010561 No Department of Endodontics, Sari Dental School, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran N Hoshyari narjeshoshyari@rocketmail.com 100319475328460010562 100319475328460010562 Yes Department of Endodontics, Sari Dental School, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran M Mousazadeh M_Mousazadeh@yahoo.com 100319475328460010563 100319475328460010563 No Health Science Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran A Kabbazzadeh A.Khabbazzadeh@yahoo.com 100319475328460010564 100319475328460010564 No Private Dentistry Practice, Sari, Iran