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. 2023 Mar 2;20(5):4452.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph20054452.

Bracket Bond Failures: Incidence and Association with Different Risk Factors-A Retrospective Study

Reda Jakavičė  1 , Kristina Kubiliūtė  1 , Dalia Smailienė  1
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Bracket Bond Failures: Incidence and Association with Different Risk Factors-A Retrospective Study

Reda Jakavičė et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: Bracket bonding failure is one of the relevant problems in fixed orthodontics therapy, which affects the total treatment and quality of treatment results. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the frequency of bracket bond failure and find out risk factors.

Methods: A total of 101 patients with an age range of 11-56 years were included in this retrospective study and treated for a mean period of 30.2 months. Inclusion criteria were: males and females with permanent dentition and completed orthodontic treatment in both fully bonded dental arches. Risk factors were calculated using binary logistic regression analysis.

Results: The overall bracket failure rate was 14.65%. The bracket failure rate was significantly higher in the younger patients' group (p = 0.003). In most cases, patients experienced bracket failures in the first month of the treatment. Most of the bracket bond failures occurred on the left lower first molar (29.1%) and were twice as common in the lower dental arch (66.98%). Patients with increased overbite had an increased likelihood of bracket loss (p = 0.042). Class II malocclusion increased the relative risk of bracket failure, while Class III decreased the rate of bracket failure, but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.093).

Conclusions: The bracket bond failure rate was higher in younger patients than in older patients. Brackets placed on mandibular molars and premolars had the highest failure rate. Class II was associated with an increased bracket failure rate. Increased overbite statistically significantly increases bracket failure rate.

Keywords: bonding failure; bracket failure; risk factors.

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Distribution of brackets failures in different groups of teeth.
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The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve to evaluate trade-off between sensitivity and specificity. The area under the curve—67.5%, sensitivity—75.9%, and specificity—59.1%.
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Figure 3
Bracket failure rates in different stages of orthodontic treatment.
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