ProTaper® Universal Hand F3, 21mm (6)

ProTaper® Universal Hand · F3 · 21 mm · 6 files

Nickel titaniumSterile packVariable taperHand use

ProTaper Universal Hand F3 – nickel titanium finishing to an apical size 30

Nickel titanium, on a handle. Dentsply Sirona UK describe the range as an endodontic nickel titanium system in a sterile pack, with a patented variable taper and advanced flute design that “provides flexibility and efficiency to achieve consistent, successful cleaning and shaping of the root canal system”. This is the third finisher, to an apical size 30.

This pack: ProTaper® Universal F3 Hand File, 21 mm (Pack of 6)
Dentsply Sirona · ProTaper® Universal, made by Dentsply Maillefer

›  Variable taper. Each file changes taper along its own blade, so one instrument works one part of the canal rather than the whole length.
›  Nickel titanium, not stainless. The same construction as the powered ProTaper files, on an ISO-coloured handle for hand use.
›  Sterile. Supplied sterile in the blister, ready to open at the chair.
›  Hand control. Useful where a motor is awkward, for a small case, or alongside the rotary sequence.

“The patented variable taper and advanced flute design of the ProTaper Universal File provides flexibility and efficiency to achieve consistent, successful cleaning and shaping of the root canal system.”

Dentsply Sirona UK, ProTaper Universal for Hand Use, read 17 September 2026.

Questions we get asked

Is this the same file as the rotary one?
The same nickel titanium construction and the same geometry as ProTaper Universal rotary, on a handle instead of a shank. Dentsply state that the ProTaper Gold geometry is identical to ProTaper Universal.

Do I still need a glide path?
Yes. Establish a glide path with small hand files before the shapers, as you would for the powered sequence.

Complete the case

›  Next in the sequence: F2 · F4, 21 mm
›  Same file, other lengths: 25 mm · 31 mm
›  The assorted pack: SX–F3 assorted, 21 mm
›  Powered instead: ProTaper Gold® F3, 21 mm – the heat-treated rotary file of the same geometry
›  Glide path first: ReadySteel K-FlexoFile® 10, 21 mm · VDW C-PILOT® 10, 21 mm
›  Retreatment: ProTaper® Universal Retreatment, D1–D3 assorted
›  Lubricant: Glyde™ File Prep (Dentsply Sirona) · File-Eze™
›  Irrigation: Chlorax 5.25% · Endo-Solution 17% EDTA · IrriFlex® needles

Tapers are confirmed by Dentsply Sirona’s ProTaper Gold brochure, which states that the Gold geometry is the same as ProTaper Universal. Tip diameters are as published across the trade; Dentsply Sirona UK do not publish a tip table for the hand range. Single use.

ProTaper® Universal Hand F3, 21 mm (6) · nickel titanium · REF A0417021003000