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 Technique

# Balanced Force

## Definition

A hand-instrumentation method in which the file is seated with a clockwise turn, cut with a counter-clockwise turn held against light apical pressure, then cleared with a further clockwise turn. It was designed to keep the file centred in a curved canal; the cutting stroke is the counter-clockwise turn rather than a pull.

## Related Terms

[Passive Ultrasonic Irrigation (PUI)](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/pui)[Single-Cone Obturation](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/single-cone)[Warm Vertical Compaction](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/warm-vertical)[Apical Gauging](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/apical-gauging)[Master Apical File (MAF)](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/master-apical-file)[Apical Patency](https://endo-guide.app/glossary/patency)

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