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. 2021 Apr 17:2021:6663683.
doi: 10.1155/2021/6663683. eCollection 2021.

Comparison of Orthodontic Bracket Debonding Force and Bracket Failure Pattern on Different Teeth In Vivo by a Prototype Debonding Device

Tamzid Ahmed  1   2 , Norma Ab Rahman  2 , Mohammad Khursheed Alam  3
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Comparison of Orthodontic Bracket Debonding Force and Bracket Failure Pattern on Different Teeth In Vivo by a Prototype Debonding Device

Tamzid Ahmed et al. Biomed Res Int. .

Abstract

Objective: To compare the orthodontic bracket debonding force and assess the bracket failure pattern clinically between different teeth by a validated prototype debonding device. Materials and Method. Thirteen (13) patients at the end of comprehensive fixed orthodontic treatment, awaiting for bracket removal, were selected from the list. A total of 260 brackets from the central incisor to the second premolar in both jaws were debonded by a single clinician using a validated prototype debonding device equipped with a force sensitive resistor (FSR). Mean bracket debonding forces were specified to ten (10) groups of teeth. Following debonding, Intraoral microphotographs of the teeth were taken by the same clinician to assess the bracket failure pattern using a 4-point scale of adhesive remnant index (ARI). Statistical analysis included one-way ANOVA with post hoc Tukey HSD and independent sample t-test to compare in vivo bracket debonding force, Cohen's kappa (κ), and a nonparametric Kruskal-Wallis test for the reliability and the assessment of ARI scoring.

Results: A significant difference (p < 0.001) of mean debonding force was found between different types of teeth in vivo. Clinically, ARI scores were not significantly different (p = 0.921) between different groups, but overall higher scores were predominant.

Conclusion: Bracket debonding force should be measured on the same tooth from the same arch as the significant difference of mean debonding force exists between similar teeth of the upper and lower arches. The insignificant bracket failure pattern with higher ARI scores confirms less enamel damage irrespective of tooth types.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
In vivo orthodontic bracket debonding by the prototype.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Assessment of in vivo ARI. (a) Application of disclosing medium. (b) Microphotographs took using a portable digital microscope. (c) Score 0: no adhesive on enamel. (d) Score 1: less than half adhesive on enamel. (e) Score 2: more than half adhesive on enamel. (f) Score 3: all the adhesive on enamel with distinct impression of bracket.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Overall frequency and distribution (percentage) of ARI scores in all tooth groups.
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