Vol. 11, Issue 1, Part B (2025)

Aim: The purpose of the study is to analyze and evaluate effects of sterilization procedure on cyclic fatigue and cutting efficiency of various endodontic instruments.
Materials and Methods: Various comprehensive articles were searched and collected upto October 2024. Data were analysed and certain protocol on effects of sterilization techniques and cutting efficiency of endodontic files were summarized.
Result: Several searched term include autoclave, sterilization, cyclic fatigue, cutting efficiency in pubmed. Studies reported that endodontic files which have been treated with repeated sterilization have significantly reduced cyclic fatigue and tortional effect. As for cutting efficiency endodontic files tend to have increased resistance depending on number of cycles and endodontic files standardization system. 
Conclusion: Analysis have shown that various effects due to sterilization procedures results in changes on the physical and mechanical properties of endodontic instruments.