Foreword Dear customers, FKG Dentaire SA continues its strategy of innovation, developing instruments based on your expectations, you dentists and endodontists. Our engineers are constantly in tune with dental practitioners, marketing products that make your work easier whilst increasing patient comfort. This is why the Rooter motor was launched, a little high-tech gem that allows ease of treatment even in complex situations. Among other features, it has ten programmable working memories, unequalled freedom of use due to battery operation and a powerful LED to illuminate the working area, making...

FKG Dentaire, an innovative company FKG Dentaire SA, a Swiss company founded in 1931, is in the forefront of the development, manufacture and distribution of products for dentists, endodontists and laboratories. With its highprecision focus, FKG is naturally at home in the heart of the “Watch Valley”, the land of microtechnology and cradle of watch-making. FKG Dentaire undertook a new expansion in 1994 when Jean-Claude Rouiller took over the company. As a visionary CEO, he defined a strategy focused on innovative products and on the design of machines specifically dedicated to the world of dentistry....

A. Endodontics What is endodontics? Endodontics is the branch of dentistry that treats diseases of the endodontium, the interior part of the tooth. Its main aim is to save natural teeth so that they keep all their masticatory functions and appearance of a healthy tooth. To remove all infected tissues and all bacteria, chemical and mechanical treatment of the canal system is required, and this is where FKG stands out with its range of instruments. Root treatment takes place in four stages: opening and accessing the canals, glide path, preparation and root filling. Retreatment may also be necessary...

1.1 Rooter Rooter, the new reference when it comes to high-quality motors, developed by FKG, will revolutionise endodontics. The motor offers an impressive range of technical innovations, all designed to enable work in the most comfortable of conditions even during complex operations. Enhanced visibility due to its white LED. Wide range of speeds: 250-1200 rpm. Autoreverse disengage mode. 10 programmable torque/speed memories. Thoughtfully designed ergonomics and lightness.

The motor offers an impressive range of technical innovations, all designed to enable work in the most comfortable conditions - even during complex operations. “Rooter ensures an optimal, efcient and safe root treatment.” Whether you’re working CrownDown or Single Length, Rooter ensures an optimal, efficient and safe root treatment, thanks to its powerful white LED focused on the work zone, as well as its exceptional handling. Its ergonomic design, with a small head contra-angle and giving the possibility to work through 360° in 5 positions, helps make your work less tiring. FKG Endodontics Cordless,...

the file is stopped, and starts turning gently in the opposite direction at up O Optional: oscillating contra-angle with Rotation Torque in Ncm Instruments or All the components, motor, contra-angle, LED, battery pack, charger and transformer, are available separately.

02 Opening and accessing the canals The opening stage of the tooth is paramount and this procedure should be minimally invasive to spare dental tissue and to avoid weaken the crown. The occlusal part must be hollowed out and, working progressively downward, the entire pulp tissue must be removed to clear entrance to the canals. Once the straight line access is free, you will find all the necessary instruments in the FKG range to carry out root canal treatment.

2.1 F-Search After the pulp chamber has been opened, the steel F-Search file is used to locate and clear the entrance to the canals. 2.1.1 F-Search. Rigid (ISO 20, taper0.05), the file is endowed with a cutting tip. 2.2 Gates und Peeso The Gates and Peeso instruments are reamers used to widen and straighten the coronary part of the canals allowing better access for shaping instruments. Their use is strictly limited to the straight portion of the canals. The risk of perforation is significant if they are used in a curved canal or when cutting laterally. 2.2.1 Gates. The Gates instruments are oval...

2.2.2 Ultrashort Gates XS . Thanks to their compact size, the ultra-short Gates XS instruments allow better access to posterior teeth. Their short handle (10 mm) is particularly well adapted to small headed contra-angles. Recommended speed 1200 rpm. 2.2.3 Peeso. With parallel cutting edges and a guiding rounded safety tip, the Peeso reamers are more rigid and aggressive than the Gates. Recommended speed 1200 rpm. 2.3 PreRace The PreRace files ensure the same operation as the Gates and Peeso but more safely thanks to their anti-screwing in design, rounded safety tip and larger taper.

2.3.1 PreRace. Available in Steel or NiTi, the PreRace files allow a side to side milling motion without being too invasive or risking perforation. They are used in the coronary and straight part of the canal to remove interferances and to facilitate access to the canal. Recommended speed 600 rpm.

03 Glide Path After opening the cavity access, localising and widening the canal entrance, the canal can be penetrated with Steel or NiTi, manual or rotary files to allow probing and debridement of the canal. To determine and confirm the working length (WL), use x-rays and an apex locator.

3.1 Hand les In Steel or NiTi, the standard ISO sizes 6 to 40 in hand endodontic fi les have a rounded safety tip which is an exclusive FKG feature and also have an ergonomic handle, the SafetymemoGrip (SMG). Thanks to its larger rear diameter, the ergonomic handle offers a better grip. Situated on the end of the handle, there is an 8 segmented “use” indicator. After each treatment, a segment is scratched thus preserving information concerning the number of cycles of use and sterilisation. When all segments are scratched the instrument is discarded. The hand fi les are also available with the...