A clinical comparison of three aligning archwires in terms of alignment efficiency: A prospective clinical trial

Abdelrahman, Reem Sh; Al-Nimri, Kazem S.; Maaitah, Emad F. Al

doi:10.2319/041414-274.1

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“…To assess the outcomes of the treatment by laser application the littleʼs irregularity index (LII) was used because it is simple and reproducible method of measuring anterior arch-length discrepancy. This finding were in accordance with a previous study (9) which also used LII method.…”

Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 94%

“…Regarding the rate of orthodontic tooth movement in group III (copper NiTi wire group in which leveling and alignment was performed by copper NiTi wire without laser application) (WLC group) and group IV (superelastic NiTi wire group in which leveling and alignment was performed by superelastic NiTi wire without laser application) (WLS group), The current study showed that there is no significant difference between copper NiTi wire and superelastic NiTi wire in leveling and alignment efficiency at the different intervals (P-value = 0.895, 0.309, 0.340 and 0.092) respectively. This result was in agreement with previous study (9) which concluded that the three forms of NiTi wires (superelastic nickel-titanium, thermoelastic NiTi and conventional NiTi) were typical in the efficiency of alignment at the initial stage of the treatment (aligning stage) by fixed orthodontic appliance.…”

Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Half of them received Cu NiTi wires and other half received superelastic NiTi wires. And this was in accordance with previous study (9) which also ysed the same inch of this wires.…”

Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Arch wires of nickel titanium are usually differentiated into three types which named as conventional, thermoactivated and superelastic nickel titanium arch wires (9) . This last type of wires performed the same amount of force, regardless the activation degree, this is why it is superelastic (10) .…”

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Effects of Laser Application on Leveling Efficiency Using Different Orthodontic Archwires

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Purpose: to evaluate the effect of low level laser on leveling and alignment by using two types of orthodontic archwires. Materials and methods: A consecutive sample of 32 patients requiring fixed orthodontic appliances were grouped into four groups: laser group with 0.014 inch copper NiTi wire, laser group with 0.014 inch superelastic NiTi wire, 0.014 inch copper NiTi wire group without laser, 0.014 inch superelastic NiTi wire group without laser. Directly after the first arch wire insertion the investment group received a LLLT dose (laser application group of patients). The LLLT device was adjusted to 635 nm wavelength and with 2.2 J/point (energy dosage). There were four points of application regarding each mandibular incisor's root, two of them are buccal and the other two points are palatal. This laser dosage was applied repeatedly on 7, 14 and 28 days for each patient in the laser group. The evaluation of alignment by studying four casts taken along the initial stage of treatment (before treatment T0, Two weeks T1, four weeks T2 and six weeks T3 of treatment). Results: Statistical analysis between the groups revealed that there was no statistically significant difference between the four groups at four different intervals (T0-T1), (T1-T1), (T2-T3) and (T0-T3) (P-value = 0.813, 0.601, 0.646, 0.340) respectively. Conclusion: The two forms of NiTi wires (superelastic NiTi wire and Cu NiTi wire) during the alignment process in the initial stage of the treatment were the same regarding the efficiency of alignment, either with or without laser application, and for the acceleration of the tooth movement in orthodontics the application of LLLT wasn't effective during the initial aligning stage of orthodontic treatment either with superelasti NiTi wire or Cu NiTi wire.

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Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 94%

Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Half of them received Cu NiTi wires and other half received superelastic NiTi wires. And this was in accordance with previous study (9) which also ysed the same inch of this wires.…”

Section: Effects Of Laser Application On Levelingsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of Laser Application on Leveling Efficiency Using Different Orthodontic Archwires

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“…Several clinical studies have been conducted to assess aligning archwire efficiency. Most of the studies have failed to conclusively demonstrate the superiority of one archwire over another, while a few have concluded the opposite . The systematic review in 2009 by Riley et al concluded that there was insufficient data in the clinical trials conducted at that point to make clear recommendations regarding the most effective archwire for alignment.…”

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Alignment efficiency of coaxial tubular superelastic nickel‐titanium vs single‐stranded superelastic nickel‐titanium in relieving mandibular anterior crowding in extraction cases: A single‐centre randomized controlled clinical trial

Sebastian

Abraham

Sarma

et al. 2019

Orthod Craniofacial Res

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Structured Abstract Objectives To compare the alignment efficiency of coaxial tubular and single‐stranded 0.016” superelastic NiTi archwires in relieving mandibular anterior crowding in extraction cases and to evaluate whether alignment efficiency differed as the initial irregularity increased. Setting and Sample Population Forty female patients aged between twelve and twenty years from the postgraduate orthodontic clinic at the authors’ centre. Materials and Methods All patients in this single‐centre, 2‐arm parallel trial were randomly allocated in a 1:1 ratio and the mandibular anterior irregularity was measured from the mandibular cast at 0‐, 4‐, 8‐ and 12‐week intervals using a digital calliper. Results All forty patients (mean age, 15.08 ± 2.11) completed the study with either coaxial tubular superelastic NiTi (mean age, 15.30 ± 2.36) or single‐stranded superelastic NiTi (mean age, 14.85 ± 1.84). The largest mean irregularity index reduction of −4.88 ± 2.74 and −6.17 ± 2.38 in the single‐stranded superelastic NiTi and the coaxial tubular superelastic NiTi groups, respectively (P = 0.122) was at 4 weeks. Student's t test and repeated measures ANOVA indicated that none of the mean comparisons were statistically significant at a 5% level. Pearson's correlation value (r) indicated no statistically significant influence of initial crowding on alignment efficiency. Conclusions There was no statistically significant difference between the alignment efficiency of coaxial tubular superelastic NiTi and single‐stranded superelastic NiTi in extraction cases, and the degree of initial crowding had no influence on the alignment efficiency.

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Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children

Turner

Harrison

Sharif

et al. 2021

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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A clinical comparison of three aligning archwires in terms of alignment efficiency: A prospective clinical trial

Abstract: The three forms of NiTi wires were similar in terms of their alignment efficiency during the initial aligning stage of orthodontic fixed appliance therapy.

Cited by 38 publications

References 18 publications

Effects of Laser Application on Leveling Efficiency Using Different Orthodontic Archwires

Effects of Laser Application on Leveling Efficiency Using Different Orthodontic Archwires

Alignment efficiency of coaxial tubular superelastic nickel‐titanium vs single‐stranded superelastic nickel‐titanium in relieving mandibular anterior crowding in extraction cases: A single‐centre randomized controlled clinical trial

Orthodontic treatment for crowded teeth in children

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