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2. Introduction
Moving teeth and craniofacial harmony
Forces and moments
Wires
Light continuous forces
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3. History
1. Material Scarcity, Abundance of Ideas
(1750-1930)
noble metals
Gold, platinum, iridium and silver alloys
good corrosion resistance
acceptable esthetics
lacked the flexibility and tensile strength
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4. History
Angle (1887) German silver (a type of
brass)
Opposition Farrar – discolored
Neusilber brass (Cu 65%, Ni 14%, Zn 21%)
various degrees of cold work (diff prop)
jack screws,
expansion arches,
Bands
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6. History
Stainless steel (entered dentistry -1920)
Stahl and Eisen – Benno Strauss & Eduard
Maurer in 1914
By 1920 – Dr. F Hauptmeyer.
Simon, schwarz, Korkhous, De Costerorthodontic material
Replaced
Opposition Emil Herbst
gold wire was stronger than stainless steel. (1934)
Steel as ligature wire
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7. History
2. Abundance of materials, Refinement
of Procedures (1930 – 1975)
Improvement in metallurgy and organic
chemistry – mass production(1960)
Farrar’s dream(1878)
Cobalt chrome (1950s)-Elgin watch co
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics- Elgiloy
Nitinol (1970s)- Buehler, into
orthodontics- Andreasen. Unitek
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8. History
3. The beginning of Selectivity (1975 to
the present)
Orthodontic manufacturers
Beta titanium (1980)
CAD/CAM – larger production runs
Composites and Ceramics
Iatrogenic damage
Nickel and bis-GMA
New products- control of govt agencies, pri
organization
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9. Basic Properties of Materials
Elements –all particles identical
Atoms-smallest
Electrons – orbits around nucleus
Floating in shells of diff energy levels
Electrons form the basis of bonds
Atoms interact via electrons
In metals, the energy levels are very
closely spaced and the electrons tend to
belong to the entire assembly rather than
a single atom.
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10. Basic Properties of Materials
Array of positive ions in a “sea of
electrons”
Electrons free to move
electrical and thermal conductivity
Ductility and malleability
electrons adjust to deformation
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11. Basic Properties of Materials
Molecules – 2 or more atoms
Amorphous – similar properties in all
directions – isotropy Glass
atoms organize themselves into specific
lattices geometry
CRYSTAL
anisotropy
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12. Basic Properties of Materials
CRYSTALS
Perfect crystals: anion – cation –anion –
cation
extremely strong
Thin wiskers reinforce
If like ions are forced together, breakage
results. Unlike metals, crystals cannot
deform.
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13. Basic Properties of Materials
alloy crystals grow
anion – cation –anion – cation
Perfect crystals seldom exist
Crystals penetrate each other such that the
crystal shapes get deformed and cannot
be discerned
grains
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14. Basic Properties of Materials
Grains microns to centimeters
Grain boundaries
Atoms are irregularly arranged, and this
leads to a weaker amorphous type
structure.
Alloy combination of crystalline (grains)
and amorphous (grain boundaries)
Decreased mechanical strength and
reduced corrosion resistance
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15. Basic Properties of Materials
Stages in the
formation of metallic
grains during the
solidification of a
molten metal
Polycrystalline- each
crystal - grain
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16. Basic Properties of Materials
Vacancies – These are empty atom sites
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17. Interstitials – Smaller atoms that penetrate
the lattice Eg – Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen,
Boron. Often distort the metal structure
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18. Basic Properties of Materials
Substitutial Element – another metal atom can
substitute one of the same or similar size. E.g. Nickel or Chromium substituting iron in stainless
steel.
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19. Imperfections- although they lower the
cleavage strength of the metal , increase
its resistance to deformation
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20. LATTICE
The three dimensional arrangement of
lines that can be visualized as connecting
the atoms in undisrupted crystals, is called
a lattice.
Unit cell
Crystal combination of unit cells, in
which each cell shares faces, edges or
corners with the neighboring cells
14 crystal lattices
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22. Basic Properties of Materials
The atoms, which are
represented as points,
are not static. Instead,
they oscillate about that
point and are in dynamic
equilibrium.
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24. Basic Properties of Materials
shear stress atoms of the crystals
can glide along these planes
more the slip planes easier is it to
deform
Slip planes intercepted at grain
boundaries-increases the resistance to
further deformation
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25. Basic Properties of Materials
If the shearing force is:Small - atoms slip, and return back to their
original position (elastic deformation)
Beyond the elastic limit crystal suffers a slight deformation
permanent (plastic deformation)
Greater stress - fracture
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26. Basic Properties of Materials
During deformation - atomic bonds within
the crystal get stressed
resistance to more deformation
Number of atoms that get stressed also
increases resistance to more
deformation
Strain or work hardening or cold work
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27. Work hardening
Forced interlocking of grains and atoms of
metal.
Locked in and under pressure/tension
Carried at room temperature.
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28. Basic Properties of Materials
Strain hardening- principle
Hard and strong, tensile strength
Brittle.
Annealing – heat below melting point.
More the cold work, more rapid the annealing
Higher melting point – higher annealing temp.
½ the melting temperature (oK)
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31. Before Annealing
Recovery – Relief of stresses
Recrystallization – New grains
from severely cold worked areas
-original soft and ductile condition
Grain Growth – large crystal “eat
up” small ones-ultimate coarse grain
structure is produced
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32. Annealing
Smaller grains – harder and stronger
Larger grain boundaries to oppose the slip
planes.
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33. Basic Properties of Materials
Various methods of obtaining smaller grain size
1. Enhancing crystal nucleation by adding fine
particles with a higher melting point, around
which the atoms gather.
2. Preventing enlargement of existing grains.
Abrupt cooling (quenching) of the metal.
Dissolve specific elements at elevated
temperatures. Metal is cooled
Solute element precipitates barriers to the
slip planes.
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34. Solution heat treatment
Heat below the solidus temp
Held for sometime, - random solid soln
Cool rapidly to room temp. retained.
Soft and ductile
AGE HARDENING
Below : ordered structure
Time period
Stronger, harder but less ductile.
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35. Basic Properties of Materials
Twinning
Closed packed hexagonal type of crystals
Two symmetric halves
Fixed angle
NiTi - multiple
Subjected to a higher temperature,
de - twinning occurs (shape memory)
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37. Basic Properties of Materials
Polymorphism
Metals and alloys exist as more than one
type of structure
Transition from one to the other
Allotropy - reversible
At higher temperature, iron FCC structure
(austenite)
lower temperatures, BCC structure
(ferrite)
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38. Transition of Iron
Iron FCC stable
(austenite), 912*c1394*c
Lattice spaces greater,
Carbon atom can easily be
incorporated into the unit
cell
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39. Transition of Iron
On Cooling <912*c
FCC BCC
Carbon diffuses
out as FeC
FeC adds strength
to ferrite and
austenite
TIME
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40. Transition of Iron
Rapidly cooled
(quenched)
Carbon cannot escape
Highly strained,
distorted body
centered tetragonal
lattice called
martensite
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41. Basic Properties of Materials
Grain boundaries are more in number
Alloy is stronger and more brittlemartensitic change – various types of steel
Interstitials are intentionally incorporated
into the alloy to make it hard when it is
quenched.
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42. Basic Properties of Materials
Cooled slowly
Other crystal structures are formed at
intermediate temperatures Softer
Some are stable at room temperature
Ultimately, the final structure is softer and
more workable
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43. Basic Properties of Materials
Tempering –
Reheat the alloy to intermediate
temperature(1000*F/525*c)
Partial transformation into softer alloys
Remedy brittle martensite
more workable
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44. Basic Properties of Materials
Some alloys
FCC to BCC by rearrangement of atoms
Diagonal plane of the BCC unit becomes the
face of the FCC unit
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45. Shape memory alloys – Easy switching
from one type of structure to another.
Bain distortion
Over a range of temperature {hysteresis}
unlike iron
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46. Elastic Properties
Stress and strain
Stress- internal distribution of load.
F/A
Strain- internal distortion produced by load
deflection/unit length
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47. Elastic Properties
Force applied to wire Deflection
Internal force---- (equal and opposite)
Internal force = Stress
Area of action
Deflection change in length = Strain
Original length
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48. Elastic Properties
Types of stress/strain
Tensile –stretch/pull
Compressive – compress/towards each other
Shear – 2 forces opp direction, not in same line.
sliding of one part over another
Complex force systems
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50. Elastic Properties
Hooke’s law
Spring stretch in proportion to applied force
(proportional limit)
Modulus of elasticity – constant for a given
material
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53. Elastic Properties
ultimate tensile strength is higher than the
yield strength
important clinically maximum force that
the wire can deliver
Ultimate tensile strength higher than the
stress at the point of fracture
reduction in the diameter of the wire
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56. Elastic Properties
Clinically, ortho wires are deformed
beyond their elastic limit.
Springback properties are important
Strength = Stiffness x Range
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57. Elastic Properties
Resiliency When a wire is stretched, the space between the
atoms increases. Within the elastic limit, there is
an attractive force between the atoms.
Energy stored within the wire.
Strength + springiness
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59. Elastic Properties
Formability - amount of permanent
deformation that the wire can withstand
without breaking
Indication of the ability of the wire to take
the shape
Also an indication of the amount of cold
work that they can withstand
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60. Elastic Properties
Flexibility
large deformation (or large strain) with
minimal force, within its elastic limit.
Maximal flexibility is the strain that occurs
when a wire is stressed to its elastic limit.
Max. flexibility = Proportional limit
Modulus of elasticity.
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61. Elastic Properties
Toughness –force required to fracture a
material. Total area under the stress –
strain graph.
Brittleness –opposite of toughness. A
brittle material, is elastic, but cannot
undergo plastic deformation. eg: Glass
Fatigue – Repeated cyclic stress of a
magnitude below the fracture point of a
wire can result in fracture. This is called
fatigue.
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67. Requirements of an ideal archwire
(Kusy )
1. Esthetics
7. Resiliency
2. Stiffness
8. Coefficient of friction
3. Strength
9. Biohostability
4. Range
10. Biocompatibility
5. Springback
11. Weldability
6. Formability
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68. 1. Esthetics
Desirable
No compromise on mechanical properties
White coloured wires discolour
Destroyed by oral enzymes
Deformed by masticatory loads
Except the composite wires
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69. 2. Stiffness / Load deflection Rate
Proffit: - slope of stress-strain curve
Thurow - force:distance ratio, measure of
resistance to deformation.
Burstone – Stiffness is related to – wire
property & appliance design
Wire property is related to – Material &
cross section.
Wilcock – Stiffness α Load
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70. Stiffness / Load deflection Rate
Magnitude of the force delivered by the appliance
for a particular amount of deflection.
Low stiffness or Low LDR implies that:1) Low forces will be applied
2) The force will be more constant as the appliance
deactivates
3) Greater ease and accuracy in applying a given
force.
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72. 3. Strength
Yield strength, proportional limit and ultimate
tensile/compressive strength
Kusy - force required to activate an archwire
to a specific distance.
Proffit - Strength = stiffness x range.
Range limits the amount the wire can be
bent, Stiffness is the indication of the force
required to reach that limit.
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73. Strength
The shape and cross section of a wire
have an effect on the strength of the wire.
The effects of these will be considered
subsequently.
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74. 4. Range
Distance that the wire bends elastically,
before permanent deformation occurs
(Proffit).
Kusy – Distance to which an archwire can
be activated- working range.
Thurow – A linear measure of how far a
wire or material can be deformed without
exceeding the limits of the material.
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75. 5. Springback
Kusy -- The extent to which a wire
recovers its shape after deactivation
Ingram et al – a measure of how far a wire
can be deflected without causing
permanent deformation. (Contrast to
Proffit yield point).
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76. 5. Springback
Large springback
Activated to a large extent.
Hence it will mean fewer archwire
changes.
Ratio – yield strength
Modulus of elasticity
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77. 6. Formability
Kusy – the ease in which a material may
be permanently deformed.
Ease of forming a spring or archwire
Proffit: amount of permanent deformation
a wire can withstand without breaking
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78. 7. Resiliency
Store/absorb more strain energy /unit
volume before they get permanently
deformed
Greater resistance to permanent
deformation
Release of greater amount of energy on
deactivation
High work availability to move the teeth
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79. 8. Coefficient of friction
Brackets (and teeth) must be able to slide
along the wire
High amounts of friction anchor loss.
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80. 9. Biohostability:- site for accumulation of
bacteria, spores or viruses. An ideal
archwire must have poor biohostability.
10.Biocompatibility:- Resistance of
corrosion, and tissue tolerance to the wire.
11. Weldability:- the ease by which the
wire can be joined to other metals, by
actually melting the 2 metals in the area of
the bond. (A filler metal may or may not be
used.)
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81. Properties of Wires
Before the titanium alloys were
introduced into orthodontics, the
practitioners used only steel wires. So
the way to control the stiffness of the wire
was:1. Change the cross section of the wire
2. Increase the length of the wire ( inter
bracket distance, incorporate loops.)
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82. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Wires of various dimensions and cross
sections.
Does the wire need to be move teeth over
large distances, or does it need to correct
the torque of the tooth?
Is it primarily going to be used to correct
first order irregularities, or second order?
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83. Effects of Wire Cross Section
primary factor
load deflection rate or stiffness
play of the wire
in the second order –
0.016” wire in 0.022” slot is only 1.15 times the play of a
0.018” wire.
The play in the second order becomes significant if the
wire dimensions are drastically different (0.010” and
0.020”)
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84. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Based on stiffness/load deflection rate
Force delivered by a wire with high load deflection rate
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85. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Force delivered by a wire with low load deflection rate
Force delivered by a wire with low load deflection rate
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86. Load deflection rate
Shape
Moment Ratio to stiffness of
of Inertia round wire
Пd4
64
s4
12
b3h
12
1
1.7
1.7 b3h:d4
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87. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Dimension of wire increases- LDR
increases
Round and square wire of same
dimension-LDR of square wire is more.
Rectangular wire – maximum stiffness
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88. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Stiffness of different dimensions of wires
can be related to each other.
Relative stiffness
Stiffness number
(Burstone)
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
14
16
18
20
22
16x16 18x18 21x21 16x22 22x16 18x25 25x18 21x25 25x21 215x28 28x215
Wire dimension
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89. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Rectangular wires bending perpendicular to
the larger dimension (ribbon mode)
easier than bending perpendicular to the smaller
dimension (edgewise).
Relative stiffness
3000
(Burstone )
Stiffne ss numbe r
3500
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
14
16
18
20
22
16x16 18x18
21x21
16x22
22x16
Wire dime nsion
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25x18 21x25
25x21 215x28 28x215
90. Effects of Wire Cross Section
The larger dimension correction is needed.
The smaller dimension the plane in which
more stiffness is needed.
> first order, < second order – RIBBON
> Second order, < first order - EDGEWISE
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91. Effects of Wire Cross Section
> 1st order correction in anterior segment
> 2nd order in the posterior segment,
wire can be twisted 90o
If both, 1st & 2nd order corrections are required to
the same extent, then square or round wires.
The square wires - advantage - simultaneously
control torque
better orientation into a rectangular slot.
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92. Effects of Wire Cross Section
Cross-sectional shape:
On range and strength
Diameter increases-strength third power
of diameter
Range increases proportional to
diameter
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93. Effects of Wire Cross Section
In torsion - absolute values of strength,
stiffness and range are different,
but the overall effect of changing the
diameter of the wire is the same.
1. Strength – Increases with increase in
diameter
2. Stiffness – increases
3. Range – decreases.
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94. Effects of Length
Loops,
the inter-bracket distance
1.
2.
3.
For bending
Strength – decreases proportionately
Stiffness – decreases as a cubic function
Range – increases as a square.
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95. Effects of Length
In the case of torsion, the picture is
slightly different. Increase in length: –
1. Stiffness decreases proportionately
2. Range increases proportionately
3. Strength remains unchanged.
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96. Effects of Length
Way the beam is attached also affects the
values
cantilever, the stiffness of a wire is
obviously less
wire is supported from both sides (as an
archwire in brackets), again, the stiffness
is affected
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98. Effects of Length
Stiffness is also affected by the method of
ligation of the wire into the brackets.
Loosely ligated, so that it can slide through
the brackets, it has ¼th the stiffness of a
wire that is tightly ligated.
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99. Clinical Implications
LIGHT CONTINUOUS FORCES
Stiff wires should be taboo to the
orthodontist?
Springier wire, can be easily distorted in
the harsh oral environment.
Aim at balance.
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100. Clinical Implications
Removable appliance cantilever spring
The material of choice is usually steel. (Stiff
material)
Sufficiently thick steel wire
Good strength to resist masticatory and other
oral forces.
Increase the length of the wire
Proportionate decrease in strength, but the
stiffness will decrease as a cubic function
Length is increased by either bending the wire
over itself, or by winding helicals or loops into
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101. Clinical Implications
In archwires of stiffer materials the same
principle can be used.
The length of wire between brackets can
be increased
loops, or smaller brackets, or special bracket
designs.
Also, the use of flexible wires
Multistranded wires
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103. Clinical Implications
NiTi – high springback
Initial stages – NiTi instead of steel
Towards the end- stiff steel wire
TMA - intermediate properties- transition
wire
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104. Clinical Implications
variable modulus orthodontics –
Advantage
relatively constant dimension
important for the third order control
variable stiffness approach,
compromise control for getting a wire with
adequate stiffness,
had to spend clinical time bending loops into
stiffer archwires, which would offer less play.
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106. Appropriate
wire
Take into account the amount of force that wire
can deliver.
For example, a NiTi wire efficient in tipping
teeth to get them into alignment, but may not be
able to achieve third order corrections.
After using rectangular NiTi wires for alignment,
rectangular steel wire must always be used to
achieve the correct torque of the tooth.
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109. A rough idea can be obtained clinically as well
Forming an arch wire with the thumb gives
an indication of the stiffness of the wire.
Flexing the wires between the fingers,
without deforming it, is a measure of
flexibility
Deflecting the ends of an archwire between
the thumb and finger gives a measure of
resiliency.
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110. Corrosion
Nickel 1. Carcinogenic,
2. mutagenic,
3. cytotoxic and
4. allergenic.
Stainless steels, Co-Cr-Ni alloys and NiTi
are all rich in Ni
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111. Corrosion
Placement in the oral cavity
Greater peril than implanting
Implanted material gets surrounded by a
connective tissue capsule
In the oral cavity, the alloy is free to react
with the environment.
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112. Corrosion
Stainless steel- Ni austenite stabilizer. Not
strongly bonded- slow release
Passivating film traces of Fe ,Ni and Mo.
Aqueous environment
inner oxide layer
outer hydroxide layer.
CrO is not as efficient as TiO in resisting
corrosion some Ni release
Improper handling sensitization
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113. Corrosion
1. Uniform attack –
the entire wire reacts with the
environment,
hydroxides or organometallic compounds
detectable after a large amount of metal
is dissolved.
2. Pitting Corrosion –
manufacturing defects
sites of easy attack
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115. Corrosion
3. Crevice corrosion or gasket corrosion Parts of the wire exposed to corrosive
environment
Sites of tying to the brackets
Plaque build up disturbs the regeneration of
the passivating layer
Reach upto 2-5 mm
High amount of metals can be dissolved in the
mouth.
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116. Corrosion
4. Galvanic /Electrochemical Corrosion
two metals are joined
or even the same metal after different type of
treatment (soldering etc)
difference in the reactivity
Galvanic cell.
Less Reactive
(Cathodic)
More Reactive
(Anodic) less noble metal
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118. Corrosion
5. Intergranular corrosion
Sensitization - ppt of CrC
6. Fretting corrosion
Wire and brackets contact
Friction surface destruction
Pressure rupture of the oxide layer
Debris get deposited at grain boundaries, grain
structure is disturbed.
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119. Corrosion
7. Microbiologically influenced corrosion
Adhesive
Craters at the base of brackets
Or wires directly bonded on to teeth
shown by Matasa.
Certain bacteria dissolve metals directly
form the wires.
Others affect surface structure.
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121. Corrosion
8. Stress corrosion
Similar to galvanic corrosion
Bending of wires different degress of
tension and compression.
Alter the electrochemical behavior
anode
cathode
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122. Corrosion
9. Corrosion Fatigue:
Cyclic stressing of a wire
Resistance to fracture decreases
Accelerated in a corrosive medium such
as saliva
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123. Corrosion
Analysis of used wires also indicated that a
biofilm was formed on the wire.
Eliades et al
Calcification
Shielding the wire
Protecting the patient from the alloy
Stainless steel: Fe, Ni, Cr.
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Allergic potential
125. Precious Metals
Upto about the 1950s
Gold alloys
Only wire which would tolerate the oral
environment
Crozat appliance – according to original
design
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126. Stainless Steel
1919 – Germany used to make
prostheses.
Extremely chemically stable
High resistance to corrosion.
Chromium content.
The chromium gets oxidized,
Impermeable, corrosion resistant layer.
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127. Stainless Steel
Variety of stainless steels
Varying the degree of cold
work and annealing during
manufacture
Fully annealed stainless
steel extremely soft, and
highly formable
Ligature wire
“Dead soft”
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128. Stainless Steel
stainless steel arch wires are cold worked
to varying extents, yield strength
increases, at the cost of their formability
The steel with the highest yield strength,
the Supreme grade steels, are also very
brittle, and break easily when bent
sharply.
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129. Stainless Steel
Structure and composition
Chromium (11-26%)–improves the corrosion
resistance
Stabilizes BCC phase
Nickel(0-22%) – austenitic stabilizer
copper, manganese and nitrogen - similar
amount of nickel added to the alloy
adversely affect the corrosion resistance.
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130. Stainless Steel
Carbon (0.08-1.2%)– provides strength
Reduces the corrosion resistance
Sensitization.
During soldering or welding, 425-815 oc
Chromium diffuses towards the carbon
rich areas (usually the grain boundaries)
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131. Stainless Steel
Chromium carbides
Amount of chromium decreases
Chromium carbide is soluble,
intergranular corrosion.
Stabilization
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132. Stainless Steel
Stabilization –
Element which precipitates carbide more
easily than Chromium.
Usu. Titanium.
Ti 6x> Carbon
No sensitization during soldering.
Most steels used in orthodontics are not
stabilized.
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133. Stainless Steel
Silicon – (low concentrations) improves the
resistance to oxidation and carburization at high
temperatures.
Sulfur (0.015%) increases ease of machining
Phosphorous – allows sintering at lower
temperatures.
But both sulfur and phosphorous reduce the
corrosion resistance.
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134. MANUFACTURE
Manufacture: AISI ,specially for orthodontic purposes
Various steps –
1. Melting
2. Ingot Formation
3. Rolling
4. Drawing
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135. steps
Melting
Various metals of the alloy are melted
Proportion influences the properties
Ingot formation
Molten alloy into mold.
Non uniform chunk of metal
Porosities and slag.
Grains seen in the ingot – control of
mechanical properties
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136. Ingot formation
Porosities due to dissolved gases (produced /
trapped)
Vacuum voids due to shrinking of late cooling
interior.
Important to control microstructure at this
stage – basis of its phy properties and
mechanical performance
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137. steps
Rolling –
First mechanical process.
Ingot reduced to thinner bars
Finally form a wire
Different wires from the same batch, differ in
properties
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138. Rolling
Retain their property even after rolling
Shape & arrangement altered
Grains get elongated, defects get rearranged
Work hardening – structure locked up.
Wires start to crack if rolling continued
Annealing is done- mobile
Cooling – structure resembles original ingot, uniform
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139. steps
Drawing
More precise
Ingot final size.
Wire pulled through small hole in a die
Progressively smaller diameter-uniform squeezing.
Same pressure all around, instead of from 2 opposite
sides.
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140. Drawing
Series of dies
Annealing at regular intervals.
Exact number of drafts and annealing cycles
depends on the alloy (gold <carbon
steel<stainless steel)
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141. Stress relief
During manufacture, wire highly stressed.
Adverse effects on mechanical properties
Annealing heat treatment
By minute slippages & readjustments in
intergranular relations without the loss of
hardening
higher temp of annealing
Alternate sequence of cold working & heat
treatment—improve strength
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142. Clinical implications
Soldering attachments to arch wire:
Raise in temp----wire dead
Quick and well controlled.
Cinch back, heat
Wire #
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144. Stainless Steel
The AISI numbers used for stainless steel range
from 300 to 502
Numbers beginning with 3 are all austenitic
Higher the number
More the iron content
More expensive the alloy
Numbers having a letter L signify a low carbon
content
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145. Stainless Steel
Austenitic steels (the 300 series)
Better corrosion resistance -attachments
FCC structure non ferromagnetic
Not stable at room temperature,
Austenite stabilizers Ni, Mn and N
Known as the 18-8 stainless steels .
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146. Stainless Steel
Martensitic steel
FCC BCC
BCC structure is highly stressed.
More grain boundaries,
Stronger
Less corrosion resistant
Making instrument edges which need to
be sharp and wear resistant.
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147. Stainless Steel
Ferritic steels – (the 400 series)
Good corrosion resistance
Low strength.
Not hardenable by heat treatment.
Not readily cold worked.
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148. Stainless Steel
Austenitic steels more preferable :Greater ductility and ability to undergo more cold
work without breaking.
Substantial strengthening during cold work.
(Cannot be strengthened by heat treatment).
Strengthening effect is due partial conversion to
martensite.
Easy to weld
Easily overcome sensitization
Ease in forming.
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149. Stainless Steel
Duplex steels
Both austenite and ferrite grains
Increased toughness and ductility than
Ferritic steels
Twice the yield strength of austenitic
steels
Lower nickel content
Manufacturing low nickel attachments
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150. Stainless steel
Precipitation hardened steels
Certain elements added to them
precipitate and increase the hardness on
heat treatment.
The strength is very high
Resistance to corrosion is low.
Used to make mini-brackets.
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151. General properties of Stainless
Steel
Relatively stiff material
Yield strength and stiffness can be varied
Altering the carbon content and
Cold working and
Annealing
High forces - dissipate over a very short
amount of deactivation (high load
deflection rate).
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152. Stainless Steel
Clinical terms:Loop - activated to a very small extent so
as to achieve optimal force
Deactivated by only a small amount (0.1
mm)
Force level will drop tremendously
Not physiologic
More activations
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153. Stainless Steel
Force required to engage a steel wire into
a severely mal-aligned tooth.
Either cause the bracket to pop out,
Or the patient to experience pain.
Overcome by using thinner wires, which
have a lower stiffness.
Fit poorly loss of control on the teeth.
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154. Stainless Steel
High stiffness
Maintain the positions of teeth
Hold the corrections achieved
Begg treatment, stiff archwire, to dissipate
the adverse effects of third stage
auxiliaries
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155. Stainless Steel
Lowest frictional resistance
Ideal choice of wire during space closure
with sliding mechanics
Teeth be held in their corrected relation
Minimum resistance to sliding
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156. High Tensile Australian Wires
History
Early part of Dr. Begg’s career
Arthur Wilcock Sr.
Lock pins, brackets, bands, wires, etc
Wires which would remain active for long
No frequent visits
This lead Wilcock to develop steel wires of high
tensile strength.
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157. High Tensile Australian Wires
Beginners found it difficult to use the
highest tensile wires
Grading system
Late 1950s, the grades available were –
Regular
Regular plus
Special
Special plus
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158. High Tensile Australian Wires
Newer grades were introduced after the 70s.
Premium, premium +, supreme
Raw materials directly from the suppliers from out of
Australia
More specific ordering and obtaining better raw materials
Premium grade-high tensile strength
Brittle.
Softening , loss of high tensile properties
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159. High Tensile Australian Wires
Bauschinger effect.
Described by Dr. Bauschinger in 1886.
Material strained beyond its yield point in
one direction,
then strained in the reverse direction ,
its yield strength in the reverse direction is
reduced.
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161. High Tensile Australian Wires
1. Plastic prestrain increases the elastic limit of
deformation in the same direction as the
prestrain.
2. Decreases in opposite
If the magnitude of the prestrain is increased,
the elastic limit in the reverse direction can
reduce to zero.
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162. High Tensile Australian Wires
Straightening a wire pulling through a
series of rollers
Prestrain in a particular direction.
Yield strength for bending in the opposite
direction will decrease.
Premium wire special plus or special
wire
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163. Spinner straightening
It is mechanical process of straightening
resistant materials in the cold drawn
condition.
The wire is pulled through rotating bronze
rollers that torsionally twist it into straight
condition.
Disadv:
Decreases yield strength
Creates rougher surface
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164. Pulse straightening
Special method
Placed in special machines that permits
high tensile wires to be straightened.
Advantages:
1.
2.
3.
Permits the straightening of high tensile wires
Does not reduce the yield strength of the wire
Results in a smoother wire, hence less wire –
bracket friction.
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165. High Tensile Australian Wires
Methods of increasing yield strength of
Australian wires.
1. Work hardening
2. Dislocation locking
3. Solid solution strengthening
4. Grain refinement and orientation
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166. By alternate sequence of
cold working and heat
treatment the yield point
of wire can be increased
to as much as
200tons/sq inch as
shown in this graph.
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167. High Tensile Australian Wires
Higher yield strength
more flexible.
Supreme grade
flexibility = βtitanium.
Higher resiliency
nearly three times.
NiTi higher flexibility
but it lacks formability
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168. High Tensile Australian Wires
Mollenhauer
Supreme grade wire faster and gentler
alignment of teeth.
Intrusion simultaneously with the base
wires
Gingival health seemed better
Originally in lingual orthodontics
Equally good for labial orthodontics as
well.
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169. High Tensile Australian Wires
Clinical significance of high yield strength
1. Increased working range:
Yield strength
modulus of elasticity
2. Increased resiliency:
( yield strength)2
elastic modulus
Stiffness remains the same
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170. High Tensile Australian Wires
3. Zero Stress Relaxation
If a wire is deformed and held in a fixed position, the
stress in the wire may diminish with time, but the strain
remains constant.
Engineering terms, implies that a form of slip by dislocation
movement takes place at the atomic level
Property of a wire to give constant light force, when
subjected to external forces (like occlusal forces).
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171. High Tensile Australian Wires
external forces
particles slip over each other
activation of the wire is lost
Overcome
Internal friction
Between particles
yield strength
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172. High Tensile Australian Wires
Zero stress relaxation in springs.
To avoid relaxation in the wire’s working
stress
Diameter of coil : Diameter of wire = 4
smaller diameter of wires smaller
diameter springs (like the mini springs)
Midi springs
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173. High Tensile Australian Wires
Twelftree, Cocks and Sims (AJO 1977)
Premium plus, Premium and Special plus
wires showed minimal stress relaxation.
Special,
Remanit,
Yellow Elgiloy,
Unisil.
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174. High Tensile Australian Wires
Hazel, Rohan & West (1984)
Stress relaxation of Special plus wires after 28
days was less than Dentaurum SS and Elgiloy
wires.
Barrowes (1982) & Jyothindra Kumar
(1989)
Higher working range among steel wires.
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175. High Tensile Australian Wires
Pulse straightened wires – Spinner
straightened wires
(Skaria 1991)
Strength, stiffness and Range higher
Coeff. of friction higher
Similar surface topography, stress relaxation and
Elemental makeup.
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176. High Tensile Australian Wires
A study of the metallurgical properties of newly
introduced high tensile wires in comparison to the
high tensile Australian wires for various applications
in orthodontic treatment
Dr. Anuradha Acharya (2000)
Super Plus (Ortho Organizers) – between Special
plus and Premium
Premier (TP) – Comparable to Special
Premier Plus – Special Plus
Bowflex – Premium
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177. High Tensile Australian Wires
Highest yield strength and ultimate tensile
strength as compared to the corresponding
wires.
Higher range
Lesser coefficient of friction
Surface area seems to be rougher than that of the
other manufacturers’ wires.
Lowest stress relaxation.
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178. Clinical implications
Stage I:
1.
Wilcock (P) / S+
base wire(.014”)
2.
Ortho organizers (super +)
Wilcock (P) & S+; T.P. Bowflex .016”
Ortho organizers ( super +) T.P P+
Latter part of Stage I and most of Stage II
1.
T.P (Premier), Wilcock P ,S+ .018” dia
2.
Ortho Organizers (super +) T.P Bowflex
Base wires in Stage III , torquing auxiliaries,
uprighting springs
1.
Wilcock S+ / P .020” base wire
Wilcock P and Supreme in .012”, .010” dia
respectively
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179. High Tensile Australian Wires
Dislocation locking
High tensile wires have high density of
dislocations and crystal defects
Pile up, and form a minute crack
Stress concentration
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180. High Tensile Australian Wires
Small stress applied with the plier beaks
Crack propagation
Elastic energy is released
Propagation accelerates to the nearest grain
boundary
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181. High Tensile Australian Wires
Ways of preventing fracture
1. Bending the wire around the flat beak of
the pliers.
Introduces a moment about the thumb
and wire gripping point, which reduces
the applied stress on the wire.
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183. High Tensile Australian Wires
2. The wire should not be held tightly in the
beaks of the pliers.
Area of permanent deformation to be
slightly enlarged,
Nicking and scarring avoided.
The tips of the pliers should not be of
tungsten carbide.
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185. High Tensile Australian Wires
3. The edges rounded reduce the stress
concentration in the wire.
4. Ductile – brittle transition temperature
slightly above room temperature.
Wire should be warmed.
Spools kept in oven at about 40o, so that
the wire remains slightly warm.
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186. Multistranded Wires
2 or more wires of smaller diameter are
twisted together/coiled around a core wire.
Diameter - 0.0165 or 0.0175, but the
stiffness is much less.
On bending individual strands slip over
each other and the core wire, making
bending easy. (elastic limit)
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188. Multi stranded wires
Strength – resist distortion
Separate strands - .007” but final wire can
be either round / rectangular
Sustain large elastic deflection in bending
Thurow: rough idea – multiply
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189. Multistranded Wires
As the diameter of a wire decreases –
Stiffness – decreases as a function of the 4 th
power
Range – increases proportionately
Strength – decreases as a function of the 3 rd
power
Multistranded wires Small diameter wires,
High strength
Gentler force
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190. Multistranded Wires
Elastic properties of multistranded archwires
depend on –
1. Material parameters – Modulus of elasticity
2. Geometric factors – wire dimension
3. Constants:
Number of strands coiled
The distance from the neutral axis to the
outer most fiber of a strand
Plane of bending
Poisson’s ratio
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191. Multistranded Wires
Deflection of
multi stranded wire= KPL3
knEI
K – load/support constant
P – applied force
L – length of the beam
K – helical spring shape factor
n- no of strands
E – modulus of elasticity
I – moment of inertia
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192. Multistranded Wires
Helical spring shape factor
Coils resemble the shape of a helical spring.
The helical spring shape factor is given as –
2sin α
2+ v cos2 α
α - helix angle and
v - Poisson’s ratio (lateral strain/axial strain)
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197. Results
0.0175” S.Steel wire had stiffness equal to
0.016”NiTi & 40% of 0.016”TMA
Did not resemble the 0.018” SS wire except :
Size
Wire-bracket relation.
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198. Multistranded Wires
Ingram, Gipe and Smith (AJO 86)
Range of 4 diff wires
Results: NiTi>MS S.Steel>CoCr>Steel
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199. Multistranded Wires
Nanda et al (AO 97)
…. stiffness
Increase in No. of
strands stiffness
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200. Multistranded Wires
Kusy (AJO-DO 2002)
Interaction between individual strands was
negligible.
Range and strength Triple stranded Ξ Coaxial (six stranded)
Stiffness Coaxial < Triple stranded
Range of single stranded SS wire, triple
stranded and co-axial were similar.
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202. Welding of Steel
3 useful properties –
1. Comparatively low melting point,
2. High electrical resistance and
3. Low conductivity of heat.
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203. Welding of Steel
Important to
minimize the time of passing the current
minimize the area of heating
Sensitization - between 425 and 815 oC
Chromium carbides need time for their
formation.
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204. Welding of Steel
Join two thin sheets of metal
Same thickness
Joining tubes, wires and springs, soldering
is generally recommended.
Electrodes - small tips, not exceeding 1
mm in diameter.
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205. Cobalt Chromium
1950s the Elgin Watch
Rocky Mountain Orthodontics
Elgiloy
CoCr alloys - stellite alloys
superior resistance to corrosion, comparable
to that of gold alloys.
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206. Cobalt Chromium
Cobalt – 40-45%
Chromium – 15-22%
Nickel – for strength and ductility
Iron, molybdenum, tungsten and titanium
to form stable carbides and enhance
hardenability.
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207. Cobalt Chromium
Strength and formability modified by heat
treatment.
The alloy is highly formable, and can be
easily shaped.
Heat treated.
Strength
Formability
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209. Cobalt Chromium
Heat treated at 482oc for 7 to 12 mins
Precipitation hardening
ultimate tensile strength of the alloy,
without hampering the resilience.
After heat treatment, elgiloy had elastic
properties similar to steel.
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211. Cobalt Chromium
Blue – soft
Yellow – ductile
Green – semiresilient
Red – resilient
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212. Cobalt Chromium
Blue considerable bending, soldering or
welding
Red most resilient and best used for
springs
difficult to form, (brittle)
After heat treatment , no adjustments can be
made to the wire, and it becomes extremely
resilient.
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213. Cobalt Chromium
After heat treatment
Blue and yellow ≡ normal steel wire
Green and red tempers ≡ higher grade
steel
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214. Cobalt Chromium
Heating above 650oC
partial annealing, and softening of the wire
Optimum heat treatment dark straw color
of the wire
advantage of Co-Cr over SS is –
Greater resistance to fatigue and distortion
longer function as a resilient spring
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215. Cobalt Chromium
Properties of Co-Cr are very similar to that
of stainless steel.
Force
2x of β titanium and
4 times of NiTi.
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216. Cobalt Chromium
Frank and Nikolai (1980)
Co-Cr alloys ≡ stainless steel.
Stannard et al (AJO 1986)
Co-Cr highest frictional resistance in wet and
dry conditions.
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217. Cobalt Chromium
Ingram ,Gipe and Smith (AJO 86)
Non heat treated Co-Cr
Range < stainless steel of comparable sizes
But after heat treatment, the range was
considerably increased.
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218. Cobalt Chromium
Kusy et al (AJO
2001)
The elastic
modulus did not
vary appreciably
edgewise or
ribbon-wise
configurations.
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219. Cobalt Chromium
Round wires
higher ductility than
square or
rectangular wires.
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220. Cobalt Chromium
The modulus of
elasticity 4 diff
tempers of 0.016”
elgiloy is almost
similar
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221. Cobalt Chromium
Elastic properties (yield strength and ultimate
tensile strength and ductility) were quite
similar for different cross sectional areas and
tempers.
This does not seem to agree with what is
expected of the wires.
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223. Cobalt Chromium
Different tempers with different physical
properties – attractive
More care taken during the manufacture
of the wires.
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224. References
A study of the metallurgical properties of newly
introduced high tensile wires in comparison to
the high tensile Australian wires for various
applications in orthodontic treatment. –
Anuradha Acharya, MDS Dissertation
September 2000.
Kusy & Greenberg. Effects of composition and
cress section on the elastic properties of
orthodontic wires. Angle Orthod 1981;51:325341
Kapila & Sachdeva. Mechanical properties and
clinical applications of orthodontic wires . AJO
89;96:100-109.
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225. References
Stannard, Gau, Hanna. Comparative friction of
orthodontic wires under dry and wet conditions.
AJO 86;89:485-491
Burstone. Variable modulus orthodontics. AJO
81; 80:1-16
Kusy. A review of contemporary archwires: Their
properties and characteristics. Angle
orthodontist 97;67:197-208
Ingram, Gipe, Smith. Comparative range of
orthodontic wires AJO 1986;90:296-307
Tidy. Frictional forces in fixed appliances. AJO
89; 96:249-54
Twelftree, Cocks, Sims. Tensile properties of
Orthodontic wires. AJO 89;72:682-687
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226. References
Kusy and Dilley. Elastic property ratios of a triple
stranded stainless steel archwire. AJO
84;86:177-188
Arthur J Wilcock. JCO interviews. JCO
1988;22:484-489
Frank and Nikolai. A comparative study of
frictional resistance between orthodontic
brackets and archwires. AJO 80;78:593-609
Arthur Wilcock. Applied materials engineering for
orthodontic wires. Aust. Orthod J. 1989;11:2229.
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Notes de l'éditeur
Lattice- arrangements of points in a regular periodic pattern2D or 3D manner
Grain boundaries interfere with the movement of atoms found on slip planes, thereby increasing the strength
Monoclinic and closed hexagonal lattice
Secondary electron images of as-received wires. Excessively porous surfaces with a high susceptibility to pitting corrosion attributed to manufacturing defects.
Thurow emphasized on the need to understand the phy and mech behaviour of various wires in orthodontics-he has described the manufacturing process as follows:
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They do not follow the regular order according to their temper in an expected manner but they are scattered hapazardly