Comparison of slot sizes and parallelism of metal brackets manufactured through metal injection molding and computerized numerical control
박재성, 송인태, 배재희, 길수민, 강경화,
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박재성 ( Park Jae-Sung ) - Private practice
송인태 ( Song In-Tae ) - Wonkwang University College of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
배재희 ( Bae Jae-Hee ) - Wonkwang University College of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
길수민 ( Gil Soo-Min ) - Wonkwang University College of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
강경화 ( Kang Kyung-Hwa ) - Wonkwang University College of Dentistry Department of Orthodontics
Abstract
Objective: To investigate and compare the slot sizes and parallelism of metal injection molding (MIM) and computerized numerical control (CNC) brackets.
Methods: The following four MIM bracket series with 0.022-inch (in) slots were selected for investigation: Di MIM mini Twin (Ortho Organizers), Mini Diamond Roth (Ormco), Gemini MBT (3M Unitek), and Formula R Roth (Tomy). The following four CNC bracket series with 0.022-in slots were selected for investigation: Econoline MBT (Adenta), Legend mini MBT (GC Orthodontics), Crown mini MBT (Adenta), and Evolve MBT (DB Orthodontics). The slot dimensions were measured using an optical microscope (XTCam-D310M; Mitutoyo) with a resolution of 1 μm. The results were statistically analyzed using one-way analysis of variance and the Tukey post-hoc test with a significance level of 0.05.
Results: The results indicated that all the investigated slot sizes were oversized with respect to the manufacturers’ specifications (0.022 in). Among the eight bracket series, the Di MIM bracket (MIM) was the most oversized by 10.4%, whereas the Evolve bracket (CNC) was the least oversized by 2.6%. The slots in seven of the bracket series had divergent walls instead of parallel ones. The Evolve bracket alone had parallel slot walls.
Conclusions: Regardless of the manufacturing method, all the slot sizes of the brackets investigated in this study were significantly oversized; most of the slot walls were nonparallel, except for those of the Evolve bracket. This study could not establish that the CNC method was more accurate than the MIM method in manufacturing bracket slots.
키워드
Metal injection molding; Computerized numerical control; Slot size; Slot parallelism
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