Endodontic Reamers

About reamers

The FDA lists the endodontic pulp canal reamer as its own entry, separate from the pulp canal file, among dental hand instruments. Peeso reamers are used to prepare the space a post will sit in, and studies compare them with Gates-Glidden drills for how much root dentine is left behind.

Sized to open the canal space, including the space prepared for a post.

Sources: FDA 21 CFR 872.4565, Dental hand instrument · Residual Dentin Thickness of Bifurcated Maxillary Premolars Following Two Post Space Preparation Methods, 2013 (Iran Endod J)