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EdgeGlidePath vs ProGlider

EdgeEndo · Dentsply Sirona

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EdgeGlidePath™

EdgeEndo

FireWire Rotary Glide Path

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ProGlider®

Dentsply Sirona

Mechanical Glide Path in One File

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Clinical Tip

Two single-file rotary glide-path instruments. ProGlider is M-Wire, 16/.02 with a progressive taper to .085 at D16, at 300 RPM / 2–5.2 Ncm, designed as the companion to ProTaper and Vortex Blue; EdgeGlidePath is FireWire heat-treated, 19 tip with a 1 mm maximum flute diameter at 300–500 RPM, and the manufacturer states it replaces up to eight hand and Gates Glidden instruments. Choose by the shaping family you pair it with.

Specifications

Specifications comparison: EdgeGlidePath vs ProGlider
EdgeGlidePathProGlider
ManufacturerEdgeEndoDentsply Sirona
AlloyFireWire™ Heat-Treated NiTiM-Wire NiTi
Heat TreatmentFire-WireM-Wire
MotionContinuous RotationContinuous Rotation
Files11
Tapervariable2% (variable progressive to 8.5% at D16)
Cross-sectionTriangularSquare
Speed300 RPM300 RPM
Torque2 Ncm2 Ncm
Use TypeSingle-useSingle-use

Best For

EdgeGlidePath

rotary glide path creationreplacing multiple hand files in glide path steppairing with EdgeEndo shaping systems

ProGlider

single-file mechanical glide pathcompanion to ProTaper Gold, ProTaper Next, ProTaper Ultimate, and Vortex Bluereplacing multi-file PathFile sequence

Key Features

EdgeGlidePath

Single rotary glide path file replacing up to 8 instruments (hand files + Gates Glidden) with 1mm max flute diameter

ProGlider

Single-file mechanical glide path with variable progressive taper (016/.02 to .085 at D16) for gentle canal enlargement before shaping