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Journal of Orthodontics, Vol. 36, No. 2, 78-84, June 2009 doi:10.1179/14653120722986
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Effects of different brazing and welding methods on the fracture load of various orthodontic joining configurations

Jens J Bock, Jacqueline Bailly and Robert A Fuhrmann

Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Address for correspondence: Jens Johannes Bock, Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg, Halle, Germany., Email: drbock{at}web.de


  Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the fracture load of different joints made by conventional brazing, tungston inert gas (TIG) and laser welding.

Materials and methods: Six standardized joining configurations of spring hard quality orthodontic wire were investigated: end-to-end, round, cross, 3 mm length, 9 mm length and 6.5 mm to orthodontic band. The joints were made by five different methods: brazing with universal silver solder, two TIG and two laser welding devices. The fracture loads were measured with a universal testing machine (Zwick 005). Data were analysed with the Mann–Whitney–Wilcoxon and Kruskal–Wallis tests. The significance level was set at P<0.05).

Results: In all cases brazed joints were ruptured at a low level of fracture load (186–407 N). Significant differences between brazing and TIG or laser welding (P<0.05) were found. The highest mean fracture loads were observed for laser welding (826 N). No differences between the various TIG or laser welding devices were demonstrated, although it was not possible to join an orthodontic wire to an orthodontic band using TIG welding.

Conclusion: For orthodontic purposes laser and TIG welding are solder free alternatives. TIG welding and laser welding showed similar results. The laser technique is an expensive, but sophisticated and simple method.

Key words: Brazing, soldering, tungsten inert gas welding, laser welding, fracture load, orthodontic wire






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