Single file endodontics: boon or myth?

Abstract

In past, the stainless steel (SS) hand files were used for shaping and cleaning of root canals. These stainless steel (SS) hand fileshad number of drawbacks like canal transportation, more preparation time. This lead to introduction of a single file technique that has been developed for shaping the immense bulk of canals, irrespective of their diameter, length or curvature. They have made the root canal procedures safe,simple and less time consuming.