Table 1: Standard deviation and range for canal center displacement of the four groups at coronal, middle and apical levels
Instruments (groups) | Level | Scores | |||||
Mean ± SD | Range | ||||||
1. Stainless | Coronal | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.09-0.16 | ||||
steel (I) | Middle | 0.14 ± 0.02 | 0.09-0.17 | ||||
Apical | 0.16 ± 0.02 | 0.13-0.20 | |||||
2. Hands | Coronal | 0.11 ± 0.02 | 0.06-0.15 | ||||
NiTi (II) | Middle | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.08-0.12 | ||||
Apical | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.07-0.14 | |||||
3. ProFile | Coronal | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.06-0.17 | ||||
(III) | Middle | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.03-0.07 | ||||
Apical | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.03-0.11 | |||||
4. Lightspeed | Coronal | 0.10 ± 0.01 | 0.08-0.13 | ||||
LSX (IV) | Middle | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.03-0.11 | ||||
Apical | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.02-0.06 |