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

Figure 8

Comparison of the mean force (N) load and unload deflection between the coated and regular rectangular Borgatta Ni-Ti wires. There was a statistically significant decrease in the coated Ni-Ti wires at 1 mm () and 3 mm () load deflection compared with the regular Ni-Ti wire. There was a statistically significant increase in the unload deflection in the regular Ni-Ti wire at 1 mm compared to that of the coated wire ().