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The effect of artificial saliva on the frictional forces between orthodontic brackets and archwires
A Downing1, J F McCabe, P H Gordon
1Department of Orthodontics, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, UK.
British Journal of Orthodontics
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
The effect of artificial saliva on the static and kinetic frictional forces of stainless steel (Dentaurum) and polycrystalline ceramic (Transcend) brackets in combination with 0.018-inch round and 0.019 x 0.025-inch Edgewise archwire sizes and stainless steel, nickel-titanium and beta-titanium archwire materials, under a constant ligature force were investigated. In all cases, artificial saliva had the effect of increasing the frictional force when compared with the dry state.