Flexural properties of rectangular nickel-titanium orthodontic wires when used as ribbon archwires.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should critically select archwires for use in the occlusoapical orientation not only based on Ni-Ti wire type, size (0.022 × 0.016-in or 0.025 × 0.017-in), and product but also with deactivation deflections from 0.5 and 1.0 mm to obtain light forces in the occlusoapical orientation.
PMID: 30080130 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - August 3, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Lin L, Currier GF, Kadioglu O, Florez FLE, Thompson DM, Khajotia SS Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research