Evaluation of the Loading, Unloading, and Permanent Deformation of Newly Available Epoxy Resin Coated Ni-Ti Wires Using Self-Ligating Brackets

Figure 5

Comparison of the mean force (N) of the permanent deflection between round 0.016′′ regular and coated Ni-Ti wires. There was no statistically significant difference between the coated and regular Ni-Ti wires from the three manufacturers; nevertheless, there was a statistically significant difference between the coated TP and the Ah Kim Pech and Borgatta Ni-Ti wires ().