Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Athanasiou DDS,
MSD, Dr Dent & Moschos A. Papadopoulos DDS, Dr Med Dent.
RESHMI NINAN
1ST YEAR MDS
DEPT. OF ORTHODONTICS & DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPAEDICS
David L. Turpin- current editor-in-chief
Graduate in dentistry from University
of Iowa, Iowa city, 1962
Master of Orthodontics from the
University of Washington, Seattle,
1966
Diplomate from the American Board
of Orthodontics
Editor of the Bulletin of the Pacific
Coast Society of Orthodontics, 1978-
1988
Clinical professor, Dept. of
Orthodontics, University of
Washington, Seattle
Author of more than 150 editorials,
scientific articles & book chapters.
"American Journal of Orthodontics and Oral
Surgery
"1938-1947"
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American Journal of Orthodontics “1948-
1986"
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"American Journal of Orthodontics and
Dentofacial Orthopedics"1986"
An ideal orthodontic appliance should include good
esthetics and optimal technical performance.
2) Semi- Siamese
3) Solid
4) Lewis/Lang design
Aluminum oxide- significantly harder than stainless
steel
Ceramic brackets – 9 times as hard as SS or enamel
Tensile strength – Monocrystalline > polycrystalline
> SS
Fracture toughness – SS > polycrystalline >
monocrystalline
Surface imperfections like scratch drastically reduce
the fracture strength
Ceramic brackets extremely brittle, fracture
toughness 20 -40 times less than SS
Tensile strength characteristics of ceramic depends
on the condition of the ceramic surface.
Free end
React with
any acrylic
bonding
material
MECHANICAL BONDING CHEMICAL BONDING
Bond strength is also affected by:-
Type of
resin Etching
time Conditio Preparat
ns ion of
teeth
involved
Polycrystalline> stainless steel > monocrystalline
Special elastomeric
rings that cover the Abrasive properties
occlusal surface of the are more in
ceramic brackets are monocrystalline
placed at the area of brackets
contact
Ceramic brackets have low fracture toughness due to presence of Al2O3