Surface Characteristics of Esthetic Nickel⁻Titanium and Beta-Titanium Orthodontic Archwires Produced by Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation (PEO)-Primary Results.

Ole JungJean-Philippe BeckerRalf SmeetsMartin GosauGermain BeckerBärbel Kahl-NiekeAnne-Kathrin JungMax HeilandAlexander KoppMike BarbeckTill Koehne

Published in: Materials (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)

PEO is a promising technique for the generation of esthetic orthodontic archwires. Since the PEO-coating does not resist bending, its clinical use seems to be limited so far to orthodontic techniques using straight or pre-bent archwires.

Keyphrases

oral health
electron transfer