• M-Wire Metallurgy: Utilizes advanced M-wire metallurgy for superior flexibility and durability, providing increased resistance to cyclic fatigue and reducing the risk of file separation.
• Progressive Taper Design: Features a progressive taper (2%–8%+) along the active portion, minimizing taper lock and the screw effect for smoother, more efficient canal navigation.
• Safer Glide Path Creation: Ensures safer glide path creation than traditional hand files, with improved flexibility and taper design reducing procedural complications.
• Efficient Pre-Shaping: Single-file system allows faster, more efficient pre-shaping of root canals, eliminating the need for multiple files and saving chairside time.
• Fully Tapered Pathway: Provides a fully tapered pathway to the canal length, optimizing shaping and preparation while supporting subsequent treatment stages.
• Longevity and Durability: M-wire construction enhances fatigue resistance, reducing fracture or deformation and ensuring reliable performance throughout procedures.
• Single-Use Convenience: Designed for single-use, maintaining consistent performance, eliminating sterilization requirements, and ensuring optimal hygiene.
• Enhanced Flexibility: Navigates curved and complex canals easily, facilitating efficient shaping even in challenging anatomies.
• Minimized File Separation Risk: Advanced design and metallurgy significantly lower the risk of file separation, improving procedural safety.
• Time Efficiency: Combines single-file design, progressive taper, and flexibility for faster, more efficient canal preparation, benefiting both clinicians and patients.

The ProGlider file is a groundbreaking single-file glide path system designed to transform the pre-shaping of root canals. By combining advanced features such as M-wire metallurgy and progressive tapers, ProGlider enables safer, faster, and more efficient canal preparation than ever before. Its innovative design ensures that clinicians can navigate canals with precision while minimizing procedural risks.

A key advantage of ProGlider is its M-wire metallurgy, which greatly enhances both flexibility and durability. This specialized metallurgical composition provides up to 400% greater resistance to cyclic fatigue compared to conventional files. The result is exceptional longevity and a significantly reduced risk of file separation, giving dental professionals confidence throughout the procedure.

In addition, the file's progressive taper design boosts its performance and ease of use. Unlike traditional hand files with fixed tapers, ProGlider features increasing tapers from 2% to over 8% along its active portion. This design minimizes taper lock and the screw effect, allowing the file to glide smoothly and efficiently through the canal. The combination of M-wire flexibility and progressive tapering ensures a safe and accurate glide path, delivering a fully tapered canal to the desired length. By streamlining pre-shaping, ProGlider saves valuable chairside time while maintaining high-quality treatment outcomes.

• File Type: ProGlider is a single-file glide path system specifically designed for efficient pre-shaping of root canals.
• Metallurgy: Crafted with advanced M-wire metallurgy, enhancing both flexibility and durability.
• Taper Design: Features progressive tapers along the active portion, ranging from 2% to over 8%.
• Cyclic Fatigue Resistance: Offers up to 400% greater resistance to cyclic fatigue compared to conventional files.
• Safety Features: Progressive taper reduces the risk of taper lock and the screw effect, improving safety during canal preparation.
• Efficiency: Enables faster, safer, and more fully tapered pathways than traditional hand files.
• Single-Use: Designed for single-use, ensuring consistent performance and eliminating the need for sterilization.
• Flexibility: M-wire construction enhances flexibility, allowing easier navigation through curved or complex canals.
• Longevity: Exceptional durability minimizes the risk of file fatigue, fracture, or deformation.
• Convenience: Single-file system simplifies canal preparation, saving chairside time and improving procedural efficiency.

• Pack of 3 Files

ProGlider Usage Steps:

• Prepare straight-line access to the canal orifice.
• Explore the canal using a .010 K-file.
• Establish working length with an apex locator, alone or combined with a radiograph. Confirm patency with a .010 K-file and ensure a smooth, reproducible glide path.
• Irrigate the canal.
• Use ProGlider in one or more passes until reaching the full working length.
• Irrigate the expanded glide path.
• Reconfirm working length with a .010 K-file before shaping the canal with a rotary or reciprocating file (e.g., WaveOne Reciprocating File or ProTaper Next Rotary File).

Technique Tips:

• Operate ProGlider with an endodontic motor at 300 rpm, using light apical pressure, and torque set between 2–5.2 Ncm.
• Establish a reproducible glide path using small-sized hand files (e.g., .010 K-file) before using ProGlider.

• Country Of Origin: Switzerland
• Manufacturer: Dentsply