Abstract
Among the different applications of NiTi materials in medicine, force delivery systems in orthodontics are among the most promising. To move teeth orthodontically, forces of a specific magnitude are necessary. Too little force and tooth movement is slow or there is no movement at all. Too much force and there might be undesired side effects such as pain, anchorage loss, and root resorption. With nventional elastic materials, force degradation due to movement of the teeth or time-related degradation is always present and requires frequent reactivations of the force delivery systems. The advent of superelastic NiTi alloys promised to almost eliminate the force degradation problem and to design force delivery systems with precisely tuned force magnitudes. Within the scope of this chapter we look into a number of aspects related to the use of NiTi materials in orthodontics.
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Siegner, D., Ibe, D. (2000). Clinical Application of Shape-Memory Alloys in Orthodontics. In: Yahia, L. (eds) Shape Memory Implants. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59768-8_15
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