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Cross sections of the different endodontic instruments at 6 mm from the tip. The upper row shows the instruments with identical cross-sections but different sizes. The increase of the metal mass of instruments with the same cross-sectional design due to the greater taper is visualized by the dotted circles projected into the larger instruments.
