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<p>High tensile stainless steels and Elgiloy (a) have been until recently the dominant orthodontic archwire materials. The introduction of Nitinol (b) and T.M.A. (c) has extended the choice. In the present work a new wire near-alpha titanium has been studied. Its tensile properties have been found to be similar to gold, whilst its elastic deflection (springback) is comparable to high tensile stainless steel. It has been shaped into representative Edgewise and Begg archwires to which tipback bends were added, and in so doing has brought “Variable Modulus Orthodontics” much closer to practical reality.</p>
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High tensile stainless steels and Elgiloy (a) have been until recently the dominant orthodontic archwire materials. The introduction of Nitinol (b) and T.M.A. (c) has extended the choice. In the present work a new wire near-alpha titanium has been studied. Its tensile properties have been found to be similar to gold, whilst its elastic deflection (springback) is comparable to high tensile stainless steel. It has been shaped into representative Edgewise and Begg archwires to which tipback bends were added, and in so doing has brought “Variable Modulus Orthodontics” much closer to practical reality.

Near-alpha titanium — a potentially new orthodontic archwire material

Australasian Orthodontic Journal

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High tensile stainless steels and Elgiloy (a) have been until recently the dominant orthodontic archwire materials. The introduction of Nitinol (b) and T.M.A....

Near-alpha titanium — a potentially new orthodontic archwire material

Publié en ligne: 24 janv. 2024

Pages: 90 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1984-0003

Mots clés
orthodontic wire, titanium, Young's modulus

© 1984 Roger J. Hazel et al., published by Sciendo

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

Near-alpha titanium — a potentially new orthodontic archwire material

Publié en ligne: 24 janv. 2024

Pages: 90 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1984-0003

Mots clésorthodontic wire, titanium, Young's modulus

© 1984 Roger J. Hazel et al., published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
orthodontic wire, titanium, Young's modulus