In vitro Evaluation of Apical Debris Extrusion in Primary Teeth Using Rotary and Hand Files

Shaila Chaudhary; Nikhil Patel; Harshangi Patel; Apoorva Mamindla; Medum Shabharish S Kumar; K Vishnu Prasad; Shivani Shandilya

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1835_24

In vitro Evaluation of Apical Debris Extrusion in Primary Teeth Using Rotary and Hand Files

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2025 May;17(Suppl 1):S706-S708. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_1835_24. Epub 2025 Feb 28.

Authors

Shaila Chaudhary¹, Nikhil Patel¹, Harshangi Patel², Apoorva Mamindla³, Medum Shabharish S Kumar⁴, K Vishnu Prasad⁵, Shivani Shandilya⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Siddhapur Dental College and Hospital, Dethali, Siddhapur, Patan, Gujarat, India.
² Department of Public Health Dentistry, Siddhapur Dental College and Hospital, Dethali, Siddhapur, Patan, Gujarat, India.
³ Dental Surgeon, Paninneya Mahavidhyalaya Institute of Dental Science and Research Center, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
⁴ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, G. Pulla Reddy Dental College and Hospital, G. P. R. Nagar, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India.
⁵ Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Chettinad Dental College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
⁶ Intern, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Abstract

Aim: This research used two distinct pediatric rotary files and traditional manual files for evaluation and contrast of the amount of apically extruded debris during root canal cleaning in deciduous teeth.

Materials and methods: Thirty maxillary deciduous central incisors that showed no symptoms of resorption were removed and enrolled in the study. Three distinct file systems were used in the preparation of the canals: Group 1: Manual K-files (Uniflex NiTi K-Files), Group 2: Kedo SG Blue files (Kedo Dental, Chennai, India), and Group 3: Pro AF baby gold files (Kids-e-Dental, India). Apical extrusion was gathered and desiccated in Eppendorf tubes that had been previously weighed. The weight measured preoperative was deducted from the postoperative weight to get the dry weight. To examine the data's statistics, we applied a one-way ANOVA with Tukey's post hoc test.

Results: Rotary file systems produced considerably a lesser debris extrusion than the hand files (P < 0.05).

Conclusion: Debris was apically ejected from primary teeth by all the groups. The extrusion of debris apically was reduced while using Pro AF baby gold files.

Keywords: Debris extrusion; deciduous teeth; pediatric endodontics.