Research Article

Cyclic Fatigue Resistance of Nickel–Titanium Rotary Instruments after Simulated Clinical Use

Table 1

Descriptive statistics analysis of both groups.

GroupsUsage timeNMean ± SD95% confidence interval for mean
Lower boundUpper bound

AF F-ONENew103758.650 ± 1074.6772989.8724527.428
One use101547.700 ± 640.4161089.5742005.826
Two use101653.050 ± 360.1431395.4191910.681
Three use101754.900 ± 293.1251545.2111964.589
2ShapeNew10766.200 ± 119.509680.708851.692
One use10714.300 ± 81.147656.251772.349
Two use10700.200 ± 89.924635.872764.528
Three use10648.900 ± 135.934551.659746.141