TABLE 1. Frequency of instrumented walls according to the diameter of the instrument used.
| Wall/Instrument | Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitiflex™ files | ProTaper Universal™ | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Mesial | ||||||
| 20/F1 | 10 | 100.0 | 9 | 90.0 | ||
| 25/F2 | 10 | 100.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| 30/F3 | 10 | 100.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| P value | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 | ||||
| Buccal | ||||||
| 20/F1 | 9 | 90.0 | 9 | 90.0 | ||
| 25/F2 | 9 | 90.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| 30/F3 | 9 | 90.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| P value | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 | ||||
| Distal | ||||||
| 20/F1 | 8 | 80.0 | 8 | 80.0 | ||
| 25/F2 | 9 | 90.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| 30/F3 | 8 | 80.0 | 10 | 100.0 | ||
| P value | p = 1.000 | p = 0.310 | ||||
| Lingual | ||||||
| 20/F1 | 8 | 80.0 | 8 | 80.0 | ||
| 25/F2 | 8 | 80.0 | 8 | 80.0 | ||
| 30/F3 | 8 | 80.0 | 8 | 80.0 | ||
| P value | p = 1.000 | p = 1.000 | ||||
| Entire walls | ||||||
| 20/F1 | 35 | 87.5 | 34 | 85.0 | ||
| 25/F2 | 36 | 90.0 | 38 | 95.0 | ||
| 30/F3 | 35 | 87.5 | 38 | 95.0 | ||
| P value | p = 1.000 | p = 0.215 | ||||
N= number of walls