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Residual stress analysis of fixed retainer wires after in vitro loading: can mastication-induced stresses produce an unfavorable effect?

Sifakakis, Iosif ; Eliades, Theodore ; Bourauel, Christoph

In: Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik, 2015, vol. 60, no. 6, p. 617-622

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    Titre
    • Residual stress analysis of fixed retainer wires after in vitro loading: can mastication-induced stresses produce an unfavorable effect?
    Auteur
    • Sifakakis, Iosif. Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
    • Eliades, Theodore. Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich 8032, Switzerland
    • Bourauel, Christoph. C+M Department of Oral Technology, School of Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn 53111, Germany
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Tedesco
    Publié dans
    • Biomedical Engineering / Biomedizinische Technik, 2015, vol. 60, no. 6, p. 617-622. De Gruyter
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:325061
    Summary
    The aim of the present study was to compare four different types of fixed canine-to-canine retainer regarding the maximum and residual force system generated on a canine during the intrusive in vitro loading of the rest of the anterior teeth. Retainers constructed from Ortho-FlexTech gold chain 0.038×0.016-inch (rectangular, 0.96×0.40 mm²), Tru-Chrome® 7-strand twisted 0.027-inch (round, 0.68 mm diameter) steel wire, and Wildcat 0.0175-inch (round, 0.44 mm) and 0.0215-inch (round, 0.55 mm) 3-strand Twistflex steel wire bonded on the anterior teeth of an acrylic resin model, installed in the Orthodontic Measurement and Simulation System. The force system on the canine was recorded during the loading of the anterior teeth as well as the residual force system at the same tooth after the unloading. During maximum loading, the gold chain exerted the lowest and the 0.0215-inch archwire the highest force and moment magnitude. Residual forces and moments were exerted on the canine after the unloading in all retainer types, i.e., the evaluated fixed retainers were not passive after in vitro vertical loading. The lowest magnitude was measured in gold chain retainers and the highest in cases of the high formable/low yield strength 0.027-inch archwire. This fact may explain the unexpected movements of teeth bonded on fixed retainers detected long-term in vivo.