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ArticleBMC oral health2023

Digital technique to analyze the wear of the slot after orthodontic treatment through fixed multibracket appliances.

Mabel Daiana Pimentel-García, Álvaro Zubizarreta-Macho, Jorge Alonso Pérez-Barquero, Clara Guinot Barona, Alberto Albaladejo Martínez

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Article in BMC oral health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Mabel Daiana Pimentel-GarcíaDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Salamanca, Paseo Universidad de Coimbra, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.
Álvaro Zubizarreta-MachoDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Salamanca, Paseo Universidad de Coimbra, 37008, Salamanca, Spain. amacho@uax.es.
Jorge Alonso Pérez-BarqueroDepartment of Stomatology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
Clara Guinot BaronaDepartment of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciencies, Catholic University of Valencia, 46001, Valencia, Spain.
Alberto Albaladejo MartínezDepartment of Orthodontics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Salamanca, Paseo Universidad de Coimbra, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.

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Abstract

introductionTo assess the accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility of a measurement digital technique to quantify the wear of the bracket slot walls of the fixed multibracket appliance after orthodontic treatment with the previous measurement traditional technique (scanning electronic microscope (SEM)).

methodsA total of 100 fixed multibracket appliances were cemented during the 15 months orthodontic treatment and subsequently removed. The fixed multibracket appliances were submitted preoperatively and postoperatively to a micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) scan to obtain accurate standard tessellation language (STL) digital files of the fixed multibracket appliances and to a preoperatively and postoperatively SEM analysis. Afterwards, pre-operatively and postoperatively STL digital files of each fixed multibracket appliances were aligned using morphometric software with the best fit algorithm. Subsequently, area and volume wear of fixed multibracket appliances was identified, isolated and measured.

resultsThe repeatability and reproducibility of the digital measurement method for the area (mm

conclusionsThe digital measurement technique is a reproducible, repeatable, and accurate method for quantifying the wear of the bracket slot walls of the fixed multibracket appliance after orthodontic treatment.

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Orthodontic BracketsHumansOrthodontic Appliance DesignOrthodontic Appliances, FixedReproducibility of ResultsResearch DesignX-Ray MicrotomographyBracket slotFixed multibracket applianceMicro-computed tomographyOrthodonticsSEMWear

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PMID36918885
PMCPMC10012746

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