Twisted Files Adaptive (Sybronendo, Kerr)

• Interrupted motion

• Can be continuous rotation (600-0 degrees angle) or reciprocation (370-50 degrees angle)

• Cutting in CW rotation

• Using K-File #15 to determine file to use, if file #15 struggle to reach WL, use Small pack, if file
#15 loose in the canal use Medium-Large pack.

• Create less debris extrusion compare to reciprocation files, less post-op pain

• Less screw-in effect

• Heat treatment technology: changes the crystalline structure completely so the triangular cross-
section NiTi file blank can be twisted while maintaining the natural grain structure.

• Created by taking a raw NiTi wire in the austenite crystalline structure phase transforming it
into R-phase by process of heating and cooling

• In the R-phase, NiTi cannot be ground but it can be twisted. Once twisted, the file is heated and
cooled again to maintain it’s new shape and convert it back into austenite crystalline structure.

• Super elastic while stressed, increase flexibility

• TF files are twisted NOT ground, increase cutting ability

Hyflex EDM (Coltene)

• CM-Wire

• File process using electric discharge machining

• EDM also known as spark machining, spark eroding, burning, die sinking, wire burning or wire
erosion (remove metal with electric spark erosion to a desired shape).

• The sparks generated in this process cause the surface of the material to melt and evaporate

• Unique surface makes it stronger and more fracture resistance (300-700%)

• Prevent stress during preparation by changing their spiral shape. They regain their shape after
heat treatment. A normal autoclaving process is enough to return the files to their original
shape and to regenerate the crystal structures and resistance to fatigue.