Development of a novel bioactive glass for air-abrasion to selectively remove orthodontic adhesives

• Published in: Clinical oral investigations Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1839 - 1849
• Main Authors: Taha, Ayam A., Hill, Robert G., Fleming, Padhraig S., Patel, Mangala P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abrasion; Adhesives; Air Abrasion, Dental - methods; Apatite; Bicuspid; Biological activity; Ceramics - chemistry; Dental Cements; Dental Debonding - methods; Dental enamel; Dentistry; Enamel; Glass - chemistry; Humans; In Vitro Techniques; Materials Testing; Medicine; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; Original; Original Article; Orthodontics; Premolars; Scanning electron microscopy; Surface Properties; Tungsten; Tungsten carbide; Bioactive glass; Orthodontic adhesive removal; Air-abrasion

Objectives To develop a novel, bioactive glass for removing residual orthodontic adhesive via air-abrasion, following bracket debonding, and to evaluate its effectiveness against a proprietary bioactive glass 45S5(Sylc™)-air-abrasion, and a slow-speed tungsten carbide (TC) bur. Materials and methods...