Title
Effect of arch wires and brackets in orthodontics for releasing nickel ions
Authors
Osric D Costa1,*, D. Sunaina2, Praveen Kumar Gonuguntla Kamma3, Abhilasha Mishra4, Anurag Sahu5 & Ruchi Patel6
Affiliation
1Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Braces Plus Complete Dental Care, Bandra East, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; 2Department of Dentistry, Datia district Hospital, Madhya Pradesh - 475661, India; 3Dentist, Texas State Dental Association, US; 4Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Rishiraj College of Dental Science and Research Center, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; 5Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics Hitkarini Dental College & Hospital, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India; 6Department of Prosthodontics, Karnavati School of Dentistry, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India; *Corresponding author
Osric DCosta - E - mail: osricdcosta@hotmail.com
Sunaina - E - mail: sunainadungriyal287@gmail.com
Praveen Kumar Gonuguntla Kamma - E - mail: pravin.gonuguntla@gmail.com
Abhilasha Mishra - E - mail: drabhimishra4@gmail.com
Anurag Sahu - E - mail: dranurag.mds76@gmail.com
Ruchi Patel - E - mail: drruchibpatel@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received January 1, 2025; Revised January 31, 2025; Accepted January 31, 2025, Published January 31, 2025
Abstract
The amount of nickel ions released from orthodontic wires and brackets is of interest to dentists. The amount of nickel ions emitted from a combination of one of the five arch wires (NiTi, SS, Cu NiTi, Co-Cr-Ni alloys, and ion implanted NiTi), five orthodontic brackets, and one band was investigated. The wire was 0.016 inches in length. In our study there was release of Ni ion from assembly of orthodontic archwire, orthodontic brackets and orthodontic band in all categories at all-time checkpoints with maximum increase in release of Ni between baselines to 7th day. Thereafter, release of Ni decreased as the time duration increased in all categories. There is significant release of Ni ion from orthodontic archwire and orthodontic brackets; therefore, orthodontic therapy for patients who are Ni sensitive may be difficult.
Keywords
Ni ion, release, orthodontic archwire, orthodontic brackets
Citation
Costa et al. Bioinformation 21(1): 35-39 (2025)
Edited by
Vini Mehta
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
