nitinol and Root-Resorption

Initial arch wires are the first arch wires to be inserted into the fixed appliance at the beginning of orthodontic treatment and are used mainly for the alignment of teeth by correcting crowding and rotations. With a number of different types of orthodontic arch wires available for initial tooth alignment, it is important to understand which wire is most efficient, as well as which wires cause least amount of root resorption and pain during the initial aligning stage of treatment. This is an update of the review entitledInitial arch wires for alignment of crooked teeth with fixed orthodontic braces, which was first published in 2010.. To assess the effects of initial arch wires for the alignment of teeth with fixed orthodontic braces, in terms of the rate of tooth alignment, amount of root resorption accompanying tooth movement, and intensity of pain experienced by patients during the initial alignment stage of treatment.. Cochrane Oral Health's Information Specialist searched the following databases: Cochrane Oral Health's Trials Register (to 5 October 2017), the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (the Cochrane Library, 2017, Issue 9), MEDLINE Ovid (1946 to 5 October 2017), and Embase Ovid (1980 to 5 October 2017. The US National Institutes of Health Trials Registry (ClinicalTrials.gov) and the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform were searched for ongoing trials. No restrictions were placed on the language or date of publication when searching the electronic databases.. We included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of initial arch wires to align teeth with fixed orthodontic braces. We included only studies involving participants with upper or lower, or both, full arch fixed orthodontic appliances.. Two review authors were responsible for study selection, 'Risk of bias' assessment and data extraction. We resolved disagreements by discussion between the review authors. We contacted corresponding authors of included studies to obtain missing information. We assessed the quality of the evidence for each comparison and outcome as high, moderate, low or very low, according to GRADE criteria.. For this update, we found three new RCTs (228 participants), bringing the total to 12 RCTs with 799 participants. We judged three studies to be at high risk of bias, and three to be at low risk of bias; six were unclear. None of the studies reported the adverse outcome of root resorption. The review assessed six comparisons.1. Multistrand stainless steel versus superelastic nickel-titanium (NiTi) arch wires. There were five studies in this group and it was appropriate to undertake a meta-analysis of two of them. There is insufficient evidence from these studies to determine whether there is a difference in rate of alignment between multistrand stainless steel and superelastic NiTi arch wires (mean difference (MD) -7.5 mm per month, 95% confidence interval (CI) -26.27 to 11.27; 1 study, 48 participants; low-quality evidence). The findings for pain at day 1 as measured on a 100 mm visual analogue scale suggested that there was no meaningful difference between the interventions (MD -2.68 mm, 95% CI -6.75 to 1.38; 2 studies, 127 participants; moderate-quality evidence).2. Multistrand stainless steel versus thermoelastic NiTi arch wires. There were two studies in this group, but it was not appropriate to undertake a meta-analysis of the data. There is insufficient evidence from the studies to determine whether there is a difference in rate of alignment between multistrand stainless steel and thermoelastic NiTi arch wires (low-quality evidence). Pain was not measured.3. Conventional NiTi versus superelastic NiTi arch wires. There were three studies in this group, but it was not appropriate to undertake a meta-analysis of the data. There is insufficient evidence from these studies to determine whether there is any difference between conventional and superelastic NiTi arch wires with regard to either alignment or pain (low- to very low-quality evidence).4. Conventional NiTi versus thermoelastic NiTi arch wires. There were two studies in this group, but it was not appropriate to undertake a meta-analysis of the data. There is insufficient evidence from these studies to determine whether there is a difference in alignment between conventional and thermoelastic NiTi arch wires (low-quality evidence). Pain was not measured.5. Single-strand superelastic NiTi versus coaxial superelastic NiTi arch wires. There was only one study (24 participants) in this group. There is moderate-quality evidence that coaxial superelastic NiTi can produce greater tooth movement over 12 w. Moderate-quality evidence shows that arch wires of coaxial superelastic nickel-titanium (NiTi) can produce greater tooth movement over 12 weeks than arch wires made of single-strand superelastic NiTi. Moderate-quality evidence also suggests there may be no difference in pain at day 1 between multistrand stainless steel arch wires and superelastic NiTi arch wires. Other than these findings, there is insufficient evidence to determine whether any particular arch wire material is superior to any other in terms of alignment rate, time to alignment, pain and root resorption.

Topics: Alloys; Dental Alloys; Humans; Orthodontic Brackets; Orthodontic Wires; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Root Resorption; Tooth Movement Techniques; Toothache

To compare between two archwire (AW) sequences in terms of alignment speed and root resorption (RR).. Fifty-four patients (14 males, 40 females) requiring orthodontic treatment were randomly allocated into two groups; in group A (mean age 18.3) treatment started with 0.014″ nickel titanium (NiTi) followed by 0.019″×0.025″ NiTi AW while group B (mean age 18.9) the AW sequence was 0.014″ NiTi, 0.018″ NiTi, 0.016″×0.022″ NiTi, 0.019″×0.025″ NiTi. The primary outcome was to compare the alignment speed of the crowded upper and lower teeth between the two different AW sequences. The secondary outcome was to assess the magnitude of upper and lower incisors' root resorption (RR) measured by digital periapical radiographs taken at the start of treatment and 1 month after the placement of the working AW. t-test was used to compare the alignment speed and RR between the two groups. Statistical significance was predetermined at the P ≤ 0.05 level for all tests.. The 54 patients were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either group. Seven patients were excluded and complete data were obtained for 47 patients; 24 and 23 patients in group A and group B, respectively. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the alignment speed in the lower arch (P>0.05, mean difference=-0.44, 95% CI=-0.9 to 0.03) and root resorption (P>0.05). Alignment of upper arch was faster in group A (P < 0.0001, mean difference= - 0.9, 95% CI =-1.4 to -0.5).. There is no significant difference between the two groups in the alignment speed in the lower arch and incisors' RR. Upper arch alignment was faster in group A.. Not registered.

Topics: Adolescent; Dental Alloys; Female; Humans; Male; Orthodontic Wires; Root Resorption; Titanium; Tooth Movement Techniques

This study aimed to compare tubular coaxial-NiTi and copper-NiTi orthodontic aligning archwires in terms of teeth alignment, patients' pain perception, and root resorption.. Orthodontic patients aged 12 years or older, having Little's irregularity index (LII) of 5-9mm were randomly allocated to either the copper-NiTi group or tubular coaxial-NiTi group with a 1:1 allocation ratio. The archwire sequence was 0.014-inch followed by 0.018-inch for the copper-NiTi group and 0.016-inch followed by 0.018-inch for the tubular coaxial-NiTi group. Each archwire was left in place for eight weeks before progressing to the next size. Good quality impression for the lower arch before treatment (T0) and thereafter every 4 weeks up to 16 weeks was taken to measure LII. Evaluation of pain perception was performed using a visual analog scale (VAS) during the first week following each archwire insertion. Assessment of root resorption was undertaken at T0 and after 16 weeks by taking periapical radiographs for mandibular central incisors using the long cone paralleling technique.. A total of 33 patients were randomized and selected for participation. Of those, 31 patients with a mean age of 15.45±2.22 who completed the trial were included in the analyses (15 patients in the copper-NiTi group and 16 patients in the tubular coaxial-NiTi group). In both groups, the irregularity index significantly decreased after 16 weeks of treatment with an overall reduction of 5.22mm for the copper-NiTi group and 6.03mm for the tubular coaxial-NiTi group. However, the difference between the two groups was not statistically significant. Likewise, pain perception and root resorption were not significantly different between the two study groups.. Both copper-NiTi and tubular coaxial-NiTi archwires were equally effective in terms of teeth alignment, patients' pain perception, and root resorption. Consideration could be given to the cost and clinician preference when selecting an initial archwire.. the trial was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov on 26/05/2022 with a registration ID: NCT05391542, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05391542.

Topics: Adolescent; Copper; Dental Alloys; Humans; Nickel; Orthodontic Wires; Root Resorption; Titanium

To compare tooth movement achieved, time required for alignment, root resorption, and alveolar bone thickness changes during initial dental alignment between groups treated with 0.012-inch preformed heat-activated or customized nickel titanium (NiTi) archwires.. Thirty-two subjects (mean age 19.8 ± 1.7 years) with severe crowding of maxillary anterior teeth had premolar extractions and were randomly allocated into control and experimental groups receiving preformed heat-activated and customized NiTi archwires, respectively. Limited field of view cone-beam computed tomographies were taken initially (T. Central incisor tooth movement was significantly different (all P ≤ .003) between groups at all time points. T. The experimental group exhibited palatal movement of the central incisors, more canine distal movement with less bone thickness changes, and less root resorption but took more time to achieve alignment than the control group.

Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Alloys; Alveolar Bone Loss; Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; Female; Humans; Male; Malocclusion; Orthodontic Wires; Root Resorption; Tooth Movement Techniques; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

To assess the potential effects of casein phosphopeptides (CPPs) on orthodontically induced iatrogenic root resorption (OIIRR) and orthodontic teeth movement.. Forty Wistar rats (aged 11 weeks) were randomly divided into experimental group (EG; n = 20) that received a diet supplemented with CPP and control group (CG; n = 20) devoid of diet supplement. A 150 g force was applied using nickel titanium (NiTi) coil that was bonded on maxillary incisors and extended unilaterally to a maxillary first molar. At Day 28, animals in both groups were euthanized. Volumetric assessment of root resorption craters and linear measurement of maxillary first molars movement were blindly examined using a micro-computed tomography scan.. Nine rats were excluded from the experiment due to loss during general anesthesia or appliances' failure. Intra-operator reproducibility was high in both volumetric and linear measurements, 92.8 per cent and 98.5-97.6 per cent, respectively. The results reveal that dietary CPP has statistically insignificant effect on the overall OIIRR and orthodontic movement.. CPP seems to have statistically insignificant effect on the volume of OIIRR and orthodontic movement in rats. A long-term study with larger sample size using a different concentration of CPP is required to clarify the dentoalveolar effect of CPP.

Topics: Alloys; Animals; Caseins; Dental Alloys; Dietary Supplements; Incisor; Male; Molar; Phosphopeptides; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Reproducibility of Results; Root Resorption; Tooth Movement Techniques; X-Ray Microtomography

To test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the apical root resorption seen after orthodontic treatment with the conventional brackets and the self-ligating brackets.. Pre-treatment and post-treatment periapical radio-graphs of 70 patients, (35 treated with the Damon3 0.022" bracket and 35 with the 0.022" 3 M bracket) were studied. The long cone paralleling technique was used for all the radio-graphs. Any image distortion between the pre-treatment and post-treatment radio-graph was calculated and compensated for by using the crown length measurements, on the assumption that the crown length remains unaltered during the treatment period. Quantitative measurements of crown and root lengths for the maxillary and the mandibular central and lateral incisors were compared. Means and standard deviations for the percentage root resorption per tooth group were calculated. A paired t-test and non paired t-test analysis was performed to determine whether there was an appliance, treatment time, or initial age effect on the amount of root resorption seen after treatment.. No statistically significant difference in root resorption between the two appliance systems was found. The patient's degree of root resorption were graded as grade 1 and grade 2 in the self-ligating group which is more than the conventional group.. There was no significant difference in root resorption between self-ligating brackets and conventional brackets in severe crowding incisors subjects.

Topics: Adolescent; Alloys; Child; Dental Alloys; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Incisor; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Malocclusion, Angle Class I; Orthodontic Anchorage Procedures; Orthodontic Brackets; Orthodontic Wires; Radiography, Dental; Retrospective Studies; Root Resorption; Stainless Steel; Tooth Apex; Tooth Crown; Tooth Movement Techniques; Tooth Root