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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

ATR-FTIR Analysis of Orthodontic Invisalign

Lucia Memè, Valentina Notarstefano, Francesco Sampalmieri, Giulia Orilisi, Vincenzo Quinzi

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors.

Lucia MemèDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Stomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Tronto 10, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Valentina NotarstefanoDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4651-6235
Francesco SampalmieriDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Stomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Tronto 10, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Giulia OrilisiDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Stomatology, Polytechnic University of Marche, Via Tronto 10, 60126 Ancona, Italy.
Vincenzo QuinziDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, Postgraduate School of Orthodontics, University of L'Aquila, P.le Salvatore Tommasi 1, Ed. Delta 6, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3184-6899

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clear and removable tooth aligners for orthodontics treatments have become an increasingly popular alternative to fixed appliances. Even if protocols suggest removing aligners before eating or drinking, most patients retain them when they drink beverages. Alterations in the material during the daily use could determine a reduction in the application forces, affecting the desired orthodontic movement; the knowledge of how this material reacts when subjected to different aging processes is mandatory to establish the predictability of the orthodontic treatment. According to this, the aim of the present study was to assess a new objective approach, coupling spectroscopic and chemometric tools, to evaluate the changes occurring in Invisalign

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aging treatmentsATR-FTIR spectroscopyorthodontic alignerspolyesterpolyurethane

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PMID33572096
PMCPMC7914755

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