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Table 6 A comparison of real and ideal play of 0.022 bracket and supertempered steel archwire combination

From: Torque expression capacity of 0.018 and 0.022 bracket slots by changing archwire material and cross section

 

Ideal play (°)

Bracket

Engagement angle (°)

SD

Mean standard error

Significant difference

ST SS .016×.022

17.95

Victory

35.40

0.32

0.19

S

SFP

32.55

0.95

0.55

S

Ovation

31.37

0.17

0.10

S

D.B. Leone

Rotates

-

-

-

Damon

26.09

0.77

0.45

S

Nexus

Rotates

-

-

-

ST SS .018×.022

11.42

Victory

29.43

1.00

0.58

S

SFP

25.66

0.54

0.31

S

Ovation

23.74

0.34

0.20

S

D.B. Leone

29.34

1.95

1.13

S

Damon

18.80

0.44

0.25

S

Nexus

Rotates

-

-

-