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Evaluation of esthetic brackets' resistance to torsional forces from the archwire.
Nishio, Clarice; Mendes, Alvaro de Moraes; Almeida, Marco Antonio de Oliveira; Tanaka, Eiji; Tanne, Kazuo; Elias, Carlos Nelson.
Afiliação
  • Nishio C; Department of Orthodontics, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. nishiocla@gmail.com
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop ; 135(1): 42-8, 2009 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19121499
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the resistance to deformation or fracture of esthetic brackets produced by archwire torsion. METHODS: Six types of maxillary right central incisor brackets were analyzed: traditional ceramic brackets (cer); ceramic brackets reinforced with a stainless steel slot (cer/ss); ceramic brackets reinforced with a gold slot (cer/gold); traditional polycarbonate brackets (poly); polycarbonate brackets reinforced with a stainless steel slot (poly/ss); and polycarbonate brackets reinforced with ceramic fillers and a stainless steel slot (poly/cer/ss). Stainless steel wire segments were used, and the testing instrument (Emic DL 10000, São José do Rio Preto, PR, Brazil) was moved at a rate of 1 inch per minute to generate the wire torsion. RESULTS: The brackets showed deformation or fracture resistance values (gf x mm) in decreasing order as follows: cer/ss (3528.1 +/- 516.6), cer/gold (2858.7 +/- 611.6), cer (2424.0 +/- 352.1), poly/cer/ss (2279.5 +/- 174.5), poly/ss (2142.0 +/- 275.7), and poly (1463.6 +/- 193.3). The cer/ss ceramic brackets showed the greatest statistically significant (P <0.01) values of resistance to fracture, and the poly brackets had the lowest statistically significant (P <0.01) values of resistance to deformation. The cer brackets showed no significant differences (P >0.01) from the cer/gold, the poly/cer/ss, and the poly/ss brackets. CONCLUSIONS: This suggested that the stainless steel slot might enhance resistance to deformation or fracture, although gold slots and ceramic fillers are ineffective for reinforcing esthetic brackets.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fios Ortodônticos / Braquetes Ortodônticos / Estética Dentária Tipo de estudo: Evaluation_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / ORTODONTIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Fios Ortodônticos / Braquetes Ortodônticos / Estética Dentária Tipo de estudo: Evaluation_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop Assunto da revista: ODONTOLOGIA / ORTODONTIA Ano de publicação: 2009 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos