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  • Title: Frictional resistance in plastic preadjusted brackets ligated with low-friction and conventional elastomeric ligatures.
    Author: Ioi H, Yanase Y, Uehara M, Hara A, Nakata S, Nakasima A, Counts AL.
    Journal: J Orthod; 2009 Mar; 36(1):17-22; discussion 13. PubMed ID: 19286872.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To compare frictional resistance of the plastic preadjusted brackets ligated with the low-friction ligatures with those of the conventional elastomeric ligatures. DESIGN: In vitro study. SETTING: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The testing model consisted of four 0.022-inch plastic preadjusted brackets for the first premolar, the canine, the lateral incisor, and the central incisor. A superelastic nickel-titanium 0.014-inch wire and a stainless steel 0.019 x 0.025-inch wire were used for this test. The brackets were either aligned or out of line by 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 mm for the 0.014-inch wire and aligned for the 0.019 x 0.025-inch wire. The frictional forces in plastic preadjusted brackets with low-friction ligatures and conventional elastomeric ligatures were measured at a pulling speed of 0.1 mm/second. Welch t-tests were used to compare the mean differences of each testing measurement between the low-friction and the conventional elastomeric ligatures. RESULTS: In both use of the superelastic nickel-titanium 0.014-inch wire and the stainless steel 0.019 x 0.025-inch wire, the brackets with the low-friction ligatures showed significantly lower frictional forces than those of the conventional elastomeric ligatures in both aligned and all misaligned brackets (P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The study found the significantly lower frictional forces for the low-friction ligatures than those of the conventional elastomeric ligatures.
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