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I attended the Greater New York Dental Meeting this year and had the opportunity to try out the SafeSider files made by Essential Dental Systems [Hackensack, NJ]. I never had used them previously. The file is made according to the ‘relieved’ concept where one half of the file is a rounded blank and the other half has the cutting edge.
The theory – as I understand it – is that these relieved files are more flexible than any conventional stainless steel file and are very strong. You use the relieved files first and then you finish up with three nickel titanium files. You can do the root canal instrumentation manually or by using a handpiece that has a reciprocating motion. Seemed like a simple system and a lot more resistant to file breakage.
What is the feeling out there about this system?
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3 Responses to “ SafeSider Files: A Simpler System and More Resistant to File Breakage? ”
I think that the ideal file to use in a very curved and thin rooth is a file like SafeSider. You use it so that the active half is against the safe wall (the concave)
Let me say up front, I developed the SafeSider concept so you know my prejudices. The idea behind the SafeSiders, otehrwise known as relieved K-reamers, is to increase the cutting efficiency while minimizing the engagement. This is done with reamers that have fewer and more vertical flutes that are better able to shave dentin off the walls of the teeth when a watch winding, rotating or horizontal oscillating motion is used compared to K-files. In addition, they work so much more efficiently than K-files that they preclude the need for rotary NiTi and all the anxieties associated with those techniques.
If you have more specific questions I will be happy to answer them.
i had used safe sider but i found the following:-
1;- takes long time
2:- not effictive
3:- apical impaction of necrotic debries.