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Table 1 Mean flow velocity and apical pressure of different cases

From: Evaluation of needle movement effect on root canal irrigation using a computational fluid dynamics model

Cases

Vm (m/s)

P0.1 (%)1

Pm (kPa)

Case0

3.84

95

18.04

CaseA1

2.73

86

15.13

CaseA2

1.48

87

13.41

CaseA3

0.97

69

11.65

CaseF1

1.48

87

13.41

CaseF2

1.58

88

14.33

CaseF2

1.80

88

13.75

  1. Vm, mean y-velocity magnitude (m/s) at point A; P0.1, percentage of time when the y-velocity magnitude at point A is higher than 0.1 m/s; Pm, mean apical pressure (kPa)
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