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Application of non-destructive impedance-based monitoring technique for cyclic fatigue evaluation of endodontic nickel-titanium rotary instruments.

Abstract
This study investigates the application of non-destructive testing based on the impedance theory in the cyclic fatigue evaluation of endodontic Ni-Ti rotary instruments. Fifty Ni-Ti ProTaper instruments were divided into five groups (n=10 in Groups A to E). Groups A to D were subjected to cyclic fatigue within an artificial canal (Group E was the control group). The mean value of the total life limit (TLL), defined as the instrument being rotated until fracture occurred was found to be 104 s in Group A. Each rotary instrument in Groups B, C and D were rotated until the tested instruments reached 80% (84 s), 60% (62 s) and 40% (42 s) of the TLL. After fatigue testing, each rotary instrument was mounted onto a custom-developed non-destructive testing device to give the tip of the instrument a progressive sideways bend in four mutually perpendicular directions to measure the corresponding impedance value (including the resistance and the reactance). The results indicated that the impedance value showed the same trend as the resistance, implying that the impedance was primarily affected by the resistance. The impedance value for the instruments in the 80% and 60% TLL groups increased by about 6 mΩ (about 7.5%) more than that of the instruments in the intact and 40% TLL groups. The SEM analysis result showed that crack striations were only found at the tip of the thread on the cracked surface of the instrument, consistent with the impedance measurements that found the impedance value of the cracked surface to be significantly different from those in other surfaces. These findings indicate that the impedance value may represent an effective parameter for evaluating the micro-structural status of Ni-Ti rotary instruments subjected to fatigue loading.
AuthorsYau-Zen Chang, Mou-Chuan Liu, Che-An Pai, Chun-Li Lin, Kuang-I Yen
JournalMedical engineering & physics (Med Eng Phys) Vol. 33 Issue 5 Pg. 604-9 (Jun 2011) ISSN: 1873-4030 [Electronic] England
PMID21251866 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2010 IPEM. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Nickel
  • Titanium
Topics
  • Electric Impedance
  • Endodontics (instrumentation)
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Materials Testing (methods)
  • Nickel
  • Rotation
  • Titanium

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