TY - JOUR
AU1 - Winchester, Lindsay
AB - Briti.vh Jnurnu/ of Orthodontics/ Vol. 19/1992/213-117 Trade Products News LINDSAY WINCHESTER, B.D.S., M.Sc., F.D.S., M.ORTH.R.C.S. UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead Introduction of acid-etching (Britton et al., 1990; Storm, 1990), the type of etch including polyacrylic acid crystal Attempts to produce aesthetic yet strong orthodon­ g~owth (Maskeroni et al., 1990) and the use of tic appliances have led to many innovative designs. diJ!erent types of adhesives (Eiiades et al., 1991; The most widely used aesthetic brackets are those Wmchester, 1991) have all been unsuccessful in manufactured from ceramics. Most of these brack­ reducing bond strengths to the range recorded with ~ts are made from alumina, either in monocrystal­ metal brackets. Enamel fracture on debonding hne or polycrystalline form, of which there are remains a problem. n~merous bracket designs, with a variety of tie­ At least two suppliers (GAC International and wmgs, base configurations, and methods of reten­ Unitek/3M) have attempted to address this prob­ tion. Ceramic brackets are retained by either chemi­ lem by modifying their product to make debonding cal retention, mechanical retention, or a combina­ easier and reduce the risk of enamel damage. Other tion of both. In vitro studies with ceramic brackets 
TI - Methods of Debonding Ceramic Brackets
JF - British Journal of Orthodontics
DO - 10.1179/bjo.19.3.233
DA - 1992-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/methods-of-debonding-ceramic-brackets-CVGSrSZd6J
SP - 233
EP - 237
VL - 19
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -