كلية طب الاسنان - فرع التقويم - الطابق الرابع - قاعة المناقشات
كلية طب الاسنان - فرع التقويم - الطابق الرابع - قاعة المناقشات
حسين علي محمد
Description
There is a trend for using aesthetic orthodontic treatment by a lot of patients recently. Increasing the friction between brackets and archwires may interfere with orthodontic sliding mechanics particularly with esthetic arch wires and brackets .It is important to insure that there is no effect of other factors (such as brushing with toothpaste for routine oral hygiene maintenance) that may lead to increase the friction. The aim of this study was to evaluate brushing effect with three brands of toothpastes on the frictional resistance of two brands of aesthetic archwires (performed in wet condition).