<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the choices made by clinicians in selecting archwires during the initial, intermediate and final stages of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. Methods: We carried out a questionnaire-based study at the Orthodontics and Pedodontics Clinic Târgu Mureș, between March 2012 and September 2012. The questionnaires consisted of two parts: the first included questions related to the dimension, alloy used in fabrication, section (round or rectangular) and manufacturer of the archwires used by the orthodontists in their orthodontic practice, the second part was concerned with their personal opinion about the physical properties and disadvantages of the archwires. Results: From a total number of 90 distributed questionnaires, 62 were returned. The majority of clinicians are using stainless steel (SS) and nickel-titanium alloy (NiTi) wires in their fixed orthodontic treatments, very few are using beta-titanium (Beta Ti), copper nickel-titanium (Co- NiTi) and esthetic archwires. The preferred dimension seem to be 0.022 inches in the appliance system. Regarding the wire dimensions, 0.014, 0.016 inch wires are mostly used from the round section group and 0.016 × 0.022 inch, 0.017 × 0.025 inch from the rectangular ones. Conclusions: There is a general lack of agreement between the clinicians surveyed regarding the properties of an ideal archwire and the disadvantages of the used wires. The most frequently used alloys seemed to be the SS and NiTi</p></abstract>

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the choices made by clinicians in selecting archwires during the initial, intermediate and final stages of orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances. Methods: We carried out a questionnaire-based study at the Orthodontics and Pedodontics Clinic Târgu Mureș, between March 2012 and September 2012. The questionnaires consisted of two parts: the first included questions related to the dimension, alloy used in fabrication, section (round or rectangular) and manufacturer of the archwires used by the orthodontists in their orthodontic practice, the second part was concerned with their personal opinion about the physical properties and disadvantages of the archwires. Results: From a total number of 90 distributed questionnaires, 62 were returned. The majority of clinicians are using stainless steel (SS) and nickel-titanium alloy (NiTi) wires in their fixed orthodontic treatments, very few are using beta-titanium (Beta Ti), copper nickel-titanium (Co- NiTi) and esthetic archwires. The preferred dimension seem to be 0.022 inches in the appliance system. Regarding the wire dimensions, 0.014, 0.016 inch wires are mostly used from the round section group and 0.016 × 0.022 inch, 0.017 × 0.025 inch from the rectangular ones. Conclusions: There is a general lack of agreement between the clinicians surveyed regarding the properties of an ideal archwire and the disadvantages of the used wires. The most frequently used alloys seemed to be the SS and NiTi

Clinicians' Choices in Selecting Orthodontic Archwires

Department of Paedodontics and Orthodontics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

Department of Paedodontics and Orthodontics, "Victor Babeș" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timișoara, Romania

Acta Marisiensis - Seria Medica

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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the choices made by clinicians in selecting archwires during the initial, intermediate and final stages of...

Clinicians' Choices in Selecting Orthodontic Archwires

Published Online: Mar 07, 2014

Page range: 212 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2013-0050

Keywords
archwire, orthodontics, nickel-titanium, stainless-steel

This content is open access.

Clinicians' Choices in Selecting Orthodontic Archwires

Published Online: Mar 07, 2014

Page range: 212 - 218

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amma-2013-0050

Keywordsarchwire, orthodontics, nickel-titanium, stainless-steel

This content is open access.

Keywords
archwire, orthodontics, nickel-titanium, stainless-steel