Evaluation of Static Friction of Polycrystalline Ceramic Brackets after Conditioning with Different Powers of Er:YAG Laser

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Power of Er:YAG laser irradiated to samples (mj/s) </td><td align="center">Average of frictional force between wire and bracket (N)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">0</td><td align="center">2.59 ± 0.74</td></tr><tr><td align="left">100</td><td align="center">1.66 ± 0.31</td></tr><tr><td align="left">200</td><td align="center">1.05 ± 0.56</td></tr><tr><td align="left">300</td><td align="center">0.59 ± 0.25</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

International Journal of Dentistry

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Table 1: Evaluation of Static Friction of Polycrystalline Ceramic Brackets after Conditioning with Different Powers of Er:YAG Laser 