Efeito do tratamento térmico nos fios ortodônticos de aço inoxidável

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o efeito do tratamento térmico (ou revenido) nos fios ortodônticos de aço inoxidável de Cromo Níquel (CrNi). Foram utilizados 40 arcos das espessuras 0.014”(0,35mm), 0.016”(0,40mm), 0.018”(0,45mm) e 0.020”(0,50mm). Os arcos foram divididos nos grupos sem e com tratamento térmico e, posteriormente, mensurados nas regiões anterior e posterior por meio do “software” AutoCad 2000 antes e após os ensaios mecânicos de compressão e tração por meio da máquina de ensaio universal EMIC. Os resultados foram submetidos à análise estatística com teste de multivariância ANOVA em nível de 5% (p<0,05). Diante da metodologia utilizada neste estudo, pode-se concluir que os arcos ortodônticos tratados termicamente apresentam suaves modificações transversais na região anterior e maiores aumentos transversais na região posterior, porém, provavelmente, sem relevância clínica. Os arcos sem e com tratamento térmico submetidos à força de compressão não apresentaram alterações transversais significantes nas regiões anterior e posterior. Nos arcos sem tratamento térmico submetidos à força de tração ocorreram aberturas mais acentuadas na região anterior nos arcos 0.020”. Na região posterior, a abertura proporcionada pela tração ocorreu com maior intensidade nos arcos sem tratamento térmico. Os arcos com tratamento térmico submetidos à força de tração não alteraram a distância transversal na região anterior. Nos arcos tratados termicamente constatou-se uma maior estabiidade, principalmente quando submetidos à tração ou à abertura.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat treatment in orthodontic wires of Chrome Nickel (CrNi) stainless steel. 40 arches of 0.014 (0,35 mm), 0.016 (0.40 mm), 0.018 (0.45 mm) and 0.020 (0.50 mm) were used. The arches were divided 2 groups: with and without heat treatment and then measured in anterior and posterior regions using AutoCad 2000 software before and after tension and compression tests, using universal testing machine EMIC. The results were submitted to ANOVA multivariance test for statistical analysis with level of 5% (p<0.05). Through the methodology used in this study it can be concluded that the orthodontic arches with heat treatment presented soft transversal changes in the anterior region and larger transversal increases in the posterior region, probably without clinical relevance. The arches with and without heat treatment submited to compression force did not show significant transversal changes in the anterior and posterior regions. The arches 0.020 without heat treatment submited to traction force presented the largest increases in width in the anterior region. Traction force at posterior region led to arch openning with greater intensity in arches without heat treatment. The arches with heat treatment submited to traction force didn’t change the transversal distance in the anterior region. It was found that arches with heat treatment had greater stability, especially when submitted to traction or opening forces

Effect of heat treatment on stainless steel orthodontic wires

This study evaluated the effect of heat treatment on CrNi stainless steel orthodontic archwires. Half of forty archwires of each thickness - 0.014 (0.35 mm), 0.016 (0.40 mm), 0.018 (0.45 mm) and 0.020 (0.50 mm) (totalling 160 archwires) - were subjected to heat treatment while the remainder were not. All of the archwires had their individual thickness measured in the anterior and posterior regions using AutoCad 2000 software before and after compressive and tensile strength testing. The data was statistically analysed utilising multivariance ANOVA at a 5% significance level. All archwires without heat treatment that were subjected to tensile strength testing presented with anterior opening, which was more accentuated in the 0.020 archwires. In the posterior region, the opening produced by the tensile force was more accentuated in the archwires without heat treatment. There was greater stability in the thermally treated archwires, especially those subjected to tensile strength testing, which indicates that the heat treatment of orthodontic archwires establishes a favourable and indispensable condition to preserve the intercanine width