Files used for creating the glide-path are a technological challenge. They are the first to penetrate narrow, curved, and often calcified canals. They need to be thin and flexible, but also resistant to breaking inside the canal.

Creating a file that would fulfill all these requirements is not easy. For that reason, Amber HT Technology by Poldent was designed to improve the quality of the NiTi alloy and create a safe glide-path file.

Endostar EP Easy Path step-by-step instructions

1. Isolate the tooth with a rubber dam.

2. Prepare straight-line access to the root canal.

3. Use a hand K-file no 10 to establish patency and measure the working length.

4. Fill the canal with an irrigating solution.

5. Mount the Endostar EP Easy Path instrument to the handpiece and insert it into the canal.

6. Move the instrument in an up-and-down motion with very little pressure towards the apical part (the instrument should naturally progress down the canal). Use a pecking motion with an amplitude of 2-3 mm.

7. After 3 to 4 up-and-down movements, remove the instrument from the canal and clean it with a sponge located in the instrument box.

8. Irrigate the canal.

9. Repeat steps 6- 8 until working length is reached.

10. Continue shaping the canal with your files of choice, for example, the Endostar E3 Azure.

Recommended torque is 1 Ncm (up to 1.5 Ncm for experienced users). The recommended speed is 300 rpm (up to 500 rpm for experienced users). If your handpiece/ endodontic motor offers only pre-set levels of torque setting, choose a level that will not exceed the recommended values.

A massive file core that is S-shaped in cross-section guarantees safe passage even in strongly calcified canals.

The combination of the newest advances in metallurgy together with the file’s design provides maximum safety.

A specially designed variable decreasing taper facilitates a seamless path down the root canal, thanks to decreased resistance in the coronal part of the canal. At the same time, a minimal amount of dentin is removed around the canal orifices.

The use of size ISO 14 at the tip is a compromise between arriving at the apex easily and the ability to safely continue shaping the canal with a larger rotary instrument.