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However, several physical properties of the Proflexendo system remain to be investigated.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of this study was to determine the effect of sterilization on cyclic resistance of Proflexendo files.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 120 unused Proflexendo rotary files (40 each of file sizes 40\/0.04, 30\/0.04 and 20\/0.06) were used in this study. Each set of files was subdivided into four groups of ten files. Group 1 did not undergo any sterilization (control), Group 2 underwent two rounds (2\u00d7) of sterilization, Group 3 five rounds (5\u00d7) and Group 4 ten rounds (10\u00d7). Cyclic fatigue resistance was tested using an artificial canal with a 5-mm radius curve.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The nonsterilized size 30\/0.04 files had the highest cycles to failure, followed by the nonsterilized size 40\/0.04 and 20\/0.06 files (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). With increasing rounds of sterilization, cycles to failure reduced for sizes 40 (2\u00d7, 5\u00d7 and 10\u00d7) and 30 (2\u00d7) files compared with nonsterilized sizes 40 (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05) and 30 files (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), respectively.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Under the conditions of the current study, the results provide preliminary evidence that autoclave sterilization of Proflexendo rotary files reduced their cyclic fatigue resistance, except for size 20 (2\u00d7 and 5\u00d7) and 30 (10\u00d7) files, in which resistance increased. 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