title: The low friction contradiction (low friction or fiction).
abstract: Low friction is on everyone' lips, from companies to lecturers, some are just whispering and others are shouting the advantages of low friction self-ligating brackets. The low friction appliances get tremendous attention and publicity. Most major companies have a bracket that they describe as low fiction. Many clinicians have switched or are considering the switch to these brackets. Most companies present their low friction line describing and promoting their bracket design. In our opinion low friction is not only a question of bracket design. Low friction must be looked at, promoted and used as a complete philosophy. To insure maximum results the low friction clinicians will have to choose and respect the philosophy of the system. Using only a so-called low friction bracket will not assure the clinician the performance of low friction mechanics. This article will try to expose a low friction philosophy which goes beyond the bracket design. We will describe a global approach to low friction philosophy using the Damon System as an example. We do not imply that the Damon System is the only system that can get excellent results but it is a system that has a good track record and that has been on the market for many years.
authors.affiliation: International Dental Institute, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Champagne
authors.forename: Jean-Noel
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Lavallée
authors.forename: Phuc
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Huynh
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pellan
mesh_terms: D017276:Friction; D006801:Humans; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design / Q000379:methods*; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*