DIFFERENCE IN FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE BETWEEN LIGATURE WIRE AND ELASTIC MODULE” (AN IN VITRO STUDY)

Introduction: The purpose of this in-vitro study was to compare the frictional resistance forces generated by slid low friction elastomeric ligatures and stainless steel ligatures wire during leveling and alignment phase. Methods: The testing metal plates consisted of three stainless steel 0.022-in slot size preadjusted brackets of lateral incisor, canine and first premolar. First comparison were the bracket position vertically adhered to the plates. The second one were the canine bracket was adhered as a high canine in 2 mm. The forces generated by wires (0.014-in superelastic nickel-titanium) with the 2 types of ligatures at different bracket position were recorded. Results and Conclusions: The results of the present study revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in the frictional force between group A and group B with a p-value of 0.047 which is less than 0.05 level of significance, while there was no statistically significant difference in the frictional force between group C and group D with a p-value of 0.56 which is greater than 0.05 level of significance.