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<italic>Aims:</italic> To evaluate the bond failure rates of two self-ligating appliance systems bonded with a self-etching primer.
<italic>Methods:</italic> Forty patients were randomly assigned to either Group SC (SmartClip, 3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA) or Group IR (In-Ovation R, GAC International, Bohemia, NY, USA) appliance groups. Seven hundred and sixty six brackets were bonded with Transbond Plus Self-Etching Primer and Transbond Plus Color Change Adhesive according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Over a 12- month period, the survival rates of the brackets were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier analysis. The survival distributions for the appliance systems, dental arch and position in the dental arch were compared with the log-rank test.
<italic>Results:</italic> The bond failure rate for SC was significantly lower than IR (<italic>p</italic> = 0.022). There were no differences in failure rates between either the maxillary and mandibular arches or between the anterior and posterior brackets.
<italic>Conclusion:</italic> SC provided a more reliable bond than IR over the 12-month observation period, however, both brackets had clinically acceptable bond failure rates.
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Aims: To evaluate the bond failure rates of two self-ligating appliance systems bonded with a self-etching primer.
Methods: Forty patients were randomly assigned to either Group SC (SmartClip, 3M Unitek, Monrovia, CA, USA) or Group IR (In-Ovation R, GAC International, Bohemia, NY, USA) appliance groups. Seven hundred and sixty six brackets were bonded with Transbond Plus Self-Etching Primer and Transbond Plus Color Change Adhesive according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Over a 12- month period, the survival rates of the brackets were estimated with the Kaplan-Meier analysis. The survival distributions for the appliance systems, dental arch and position in the dental arch were compared with the log-rank test.
Results: The bond failure rate for SC was significantly lower than IR (p = 0.022). There were no differences in failure rates between either the maxillary and mandibular arches or between the anterior and posterior brackets.
Conclusion: SC provided a more reliable bond than IR over the 12-month observation period, however, both brackets had clinically acceptable bond failure rates.

Bond failure rates of two self-ligating brackets: a randomised clinical trial

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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Aims: To evaluate the bond failure rates of two self-ligating appliance systems bonded with a self-etching primer.
Methods: Forty patients were randomly...

Bond failure rates of two self-ligating brackets: a randomised clinical trial

Published Online: Aug 01, 2023

Page range: 139 - 144

Received: Aug 01, 2010

Accepted: Nov 01, 2010

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2011-0018

© 2011 J. Luke Chapman, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.