Comprehensive Evaluation of Frictional Resistance between Orthodontic Bracket and Archwire Noted after Different Mouthwash Usages: An in Vitro (Original Research) Study

Abstract

Aim: The solitary aim of this study was to assess the frictional resistance between orthodontic bracket and archwire after exposed to two different commercially available mouthwashes i.e. Clove Ultimate Mouthwash and Amflor Mouthwash.

Materials & Methods: In this study, total 30 extracted maxillary first molars were studied which were taken from the individuals of age group of 25-45 years. Simple random sampling procedure was utilized. All selected teeth were kept in normal saline before starting of the study. Stainless steel orthodontic arch wire was ligated over the stainless steel brackets. Stainless steel orthodontic arch wire was taken for each sample fixture. First study group was control in which samples were absorbed into artificial saliva therefore Group one was known as control group. Group two and group three samples were kept into Clove Ultimate Mouthwash and Amflor Mouthwash respectively. Standard and typical static frictional resistance was considered by using universal testing machine.

Statistical Analysis and Results: Statistical analysis was completed by Statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 22. Group III samples showed maximum Mean Frictional Resistance (1.76N) however, group II and group I samples showed considerably smaller values of Mean Frictional Resistance (graph 1). Level of Significance (p value) was reported to be significant for the samples of group II (Clove Ultimate Mouthwash). Standard deviation was noted to be maximum in the samples of group III (Amflor Mouthwash). It was 0.934 in group III however; standard error was minimum in this group (0.036). The level of significance was found to be highly significant for the ANOVA test between the groups (0.001).

Conclusion: Within the limitation of the study authors stated that Clove Ultimate Mouthwash has lesser static frictional resistance compared to Amflor Mouthwashes. Therefore in the risky clinical conditions, Clove Ultimate Mouthwash must be competently used for achieving optimal healthy environment. Nonetheless, we predict other large scale future studies to produce applicable and real guidelines in these regards.