Table 2: Median, minimum and maximum values of mesiodistal centering ability [CA(MD)] and buccolingual centering ability [CA(BL)].
| Files |
– |
CA(MD) |
CA(BL) |
| – |
Median |
0.500b
|
0.418b
|
| ProTaper Next |
Minimum |
0.038 |
0.022 |
| – |
Maximum |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| – |
Median |
0.583b
|
0.413b
|
| ProTaper Gold |
Minimum |
0.000 |
0.052 |
| – |
Maximum |
0.300 |
1.000 |
| – |
Median |
0.563b
|
0.600a
|
| Mtwo |
Minimum |
0.011 |
0.055 |
| – |
Maximum |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| – |
Median |
0.700a
|
0.666a
|
| BioRaCe |
Minimum |
0.071 |
0.009 |
| – |
Maximum |
1.000 |
1.000 |
| – |
Median |
0.531b
|
0.436b
|
| WaveOne Gold |
Minimum |
0.034 |
0.066 |
| – |
Maximum |
1.000 |
0.888 |
| – |
Median |
0.386c
|
0.400b
|
| Reciproc |
Minimum |
0.041 |
0.027 |
| – |
Maximum |
0.998 |
0.998 |
*In each column, medians with a common superscript letter are not statistically different (p<0.05).