Chemical and mechanical characteristics of contemporary thermoplastic orthodontic materials

Affiliations

Alexandropoulos Alexandras: *Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Al Jabbari Youssef S.: *Prosthetic Dental Sciences Department, College of Dentistry, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Zinelis Spiros: *Department of Biomaterials, School of Dentistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Eliades Theodore: ±Clinic of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Center of Dental Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to characterise the chemical and mechanical properties of contemporary thermoplastic orthodontic materials.