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An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of radiography in assessing working length to Propex II apex locator. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty single canal extracted human teeth with patent apical foramen were selected. Access cavities were prepared. Anatomic length (AL...
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Iranian Center for Endodontic Research
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23922572 |
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author | Chakravarthy Pishipati, Kalyan Vinayak |
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description | INTRODUCTION: The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of radiography in assessing working length to Propex II apex locator. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty single canal extracted human teeth with patent apical foramen were selected. Access cavities were prepared. Anatomic length (AL) was determined by inserting a K-file into the root canal until the file tip was just visible at the most coronal aspect of the apical foramen; subsequently 0.5 mm was deducted from this measured length. Working length by radiographic method (RL) was determined using Ingle’s method. Propex II apex locator was used to determine the electronic working length (EL). From these calculated lengths, AL was deducted to obtain D-value. D-value in the range of +/-0.5 mm was considered to be acceptable. RESULTS: The percentage accuracy of RL and Propex II apex locator was 76.6% and 86.6%, respectively. Paired t-test revealed significant difference between the RL and Propex II apex locator (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Under these in vitro conditions, Propex II apex locator has determined working length more accurately than radiographic method. |
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spelling | pubmed-37345132013-08-06 An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method Chakravarthy Pishipati, Kalyan Vinayak Iran Endod J Review Article INTRODUCTION: The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the accuracy of radiography in assessing working length to Propex II apex locator. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty single canal extracted human teeth with patent apical foramen were selected. Access cavities were prepared. Anatomic length (AL) was determined by inserting a K-file into the root canal until the file tip was just visible at the most coronal aspect of the apical foramen; subsequently 0.5 mm was deducted from this measured length. Working length by radiographic method (RL) was determined using Ingle’s method. Propex II apex locator was used to determine the electronic working length (EL). From these calculated lengths, AL was deducted to obtain D-value. D-value in the range of +/-0.5 mm was considered to be acceptable. RESULTS: The percentage accuracy of RL and Propex II apex locator was 76.6% and 86.6%, respectively. Paired t-test revealed significant difference between the RL and Propex II apex locator (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Under these in vitro conditions, Propex II apex locator has determined working length more accurately than radiographic method. Iranian Center for Endodontic Research 2013-08-01 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3734513/ /pubmed/23922572 Text en Copyright © 2013, Iranian Endodontic Journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Chakravarthy Pishipati, Kalyan Vinayak An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title | An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title_full | An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title_fullStr | An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title_full_unstemmed | An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title_short | An In Vitro Comparison of Propex II Apex Locator to Standard Radiographic Method |
title_sort | in vitro comparison of propex ii apex locator to standard radiographic method |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3734513/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23922572 |
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