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ANALYZE THE MICROBIAL COUNT IN BETWEEN STAINLESS STEEL LIGATURE WIRE AND ELASTOMERIC MODULES LIGATION TECHNIQUES USED IN FIXED ORTHODONTIC MECHANOTHERAPY

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Dr. Shikha Singh, Dr Dleep Siyag
» doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.9.2024.5112-5118

Abstract

Today, with an ever-growing prominence on aesthetics among the adults orthodontic treatment is fetching more and more admire [1] due to its attempt to assemble esthetic, functional and dynamic demands. While to be completely successful, orthodontic treatment needs to ensure the integrity of dental and periodontal tissues and fixed orthodontic treatment is the favored and mainly the familiar method for treating malocclusion. [2,3]The active components for orthodontic treatment comprise of arch wires, springs, elastics while passive components comprise of bands, brackets, buccal tubes and ligature wires[4,5].Orthodontic ligation techniques are used to secure the arch wire to the brackets and they comprise of stainless-steel ligatures wires, elastic modules and new system introduce that is self-ligation system.[6]Earlier stainless-steel ligatures were used to secure the arch wires to the bracket slot as they are cheap, essentially free from deformation, degradation but due to food and other trapped debris oral hygiene maintenance is challenging .[4,6,7] Whereas elastomeric ligature became accessible in the belatedly 1960s and remuneration was of condensed time; obligatory to lay but due to more of adsorption property , accumulation of biofilms and dental plaques ,poorer oral hygiene, failure to fully engage an arch wire are the issues faced.[8] To overcome these challenges ,newerself ligation system was introduced in 1990s that reduces the friction between arch wires and bracket slot with better torque control. From the patient’s perspective also; the self ligating system are easy to clean facilitate due to wing less design.

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