[Experimental study on a mechanical root canal enlargement].

It is difficult for us to enlarge a root canal by using hand-instruments in a molar tooth, so we experimented by using mechanical equipment. We examined the human extracted premolar which we had preserved in physiological saline solution by using a speculative root canal enlarging machine. Then we observed the time and condition of enlarging root canal by X-ray. After slicing off, we examined with our eyes and with an electronic microscope. Afterward, we compared hand-instruments with the enlarging machine. As the results of this experiment; 1. Time by hand filing instruments took three or four times to make a root canal enlargement by a speculative enlarging machine. 2. After enlarging a root canal, we made a root canal filling. Observing them by X-ray and ground specimen, we recognized a good result in the root canal enlargement and in the condition of the root canal filling. 3. Observing the figure by electronic microscope, in the case of using a speculative machine, we found that the slicing aspects of dentin which had been enlarged by root canal were thoroughly smoothed in the center part of the root canal, but it was not smoothed in the root apex region. 4. It had a tendency to remain part of the cutting dentin near the apical area both by using hand cutting instruments and by using a speculative machine.