title: Mechanical equilibrium of forces and moments applied on orthodontic brackets of a dental arch: Correlation with literature data on two and three adjacent teeth.
abstract: Although orthodontics have greatly improved over the years, understanding of its associated biomechanics remains incomplete and is mainly based on two dimensional (2D) mechanical equilibrium and long-time clinical experience. Little experimental information exists in three dimensions (3D) about the forces and moments developed on orthodontic brackets over more than two or three adjacent teeth. We define here a simplified methodology to quantify 3D forces and moments applied on orthodontic brackets fixed on a dental arch and validate our methodology using existing results from the literature by means of simplified hypotheses.
authors.affiliation: ICube Laboratory, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 2 rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France.|Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Strasbourg, 8 rue Sainte-Elisabeth, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Dental Surgery, University of Strasbourg, 8 rue Sainte-Elisabeth, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bolender
authors.affiliation: ICube Laboratory, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 2 rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rémond
authors.affiliation: ICube Laboratory, University of Strasbourg, CNRS, 2 rue Boussingault, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000502:physiology*; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D006801:Humans; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D016910:Orthodontic Brackets; D009969:Orthodontic Wires; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014070:Tooth / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Orthodontic; force; friction; moment; periodontium; tooth movement