ReviewPolymers2025
Thermoplastics for Clear Aligners: A Review.
Review in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Review
- Artificial Intelligence in the Design and Optimization of Orthodontic Materials: A Clinical Perspective on Current State and Future Directions.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Thickness-dependent biomechanical accuracy of additively manufactured and thermoformed orthodontic aligners: an in vitro comparative study.BMC oral health · 2026Article
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- Next-Generation Orthodontics: Functional Resins, Biomechanics, Biocompatibility, and Current Clinical Reality of Direct 3D-Printed Aligners.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Review
- Improvement of Occlusal Function After Clear Aligner Orthodontics Verified by T-Scan Novus Digital Analysis.Reports (MDPI) · 2026Article
- The Environmental Burden and Sustainability Challenges of Clear Aligners: Implications for Public Health, Practice, Policy, and Future Research-A Scoping Review.International journal of dentistry · 2026Review
- Predicting thickness distribution of thermoplastic dental aligners via KBKZ-based finite element analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Antimicrobial Filler on Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) Composites Property.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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3 authors.
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Abstract
With the worldwide spread of clear aligner treatment (CAT), a plethora of new thermoplastics is currently commercially available on the market, claiming to have superior properties and greater comfort. This review aims to summarise the properties of the materials and their effects on treatment effectiveness and comfort to ease material selection and also incorporate new emerging trends such as shape memory polymers (SMPs) and direct 3D printer aligners. First, a concise historical overview of orthodontics will be presented, along with the basic properties of thermoplastics and their importance in treatment. Following the individual properties, we present an analysis of optical, biocompatibility, and toxicity aspects, passing through others such as thermal, mechanical, and special methods to simulate in vivo measurements. We end with the impact of this technique on the environment and the advances and perspectives of CAT.
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