Table 8 A comparison of real and ideal play of 0.022 bracket and NiTi archwire combinations

Nitinol .017×.025

12.48

Victory

27.13

1.13

0.66

S

SFP

21.18

0.75

0.43

S

Ovation

21.29

1.03

0.59

S

D.B. Leone

23.95

0.45

0.26

S

Damon

20.96

0.89

0.51

S

Nexus

39.00

1.12

0.64

S

CuNiTi .018×.025

9.82

Victory

32.35

0.96

0.56

S

SFP

30.13

0.40

0.23

S

Ovation

23.35

0.70

0.40

S

D.B. Leone

30.79

0.17

0.10

S

Damon

26.60

1.98

1.14

S

Nexus

48.97

0.40

0.23

S

Nitinol .019×.025 Hybrid

7.24

Victory

28.16

1.05

0.60

S

SFP

19.17

1.05

0.61

S

Ovation

19.20

0.56

0.32

S

D.B. Leone

36.51

3.31

1.91

S

Damon

21.46

0.96

0.56

S

Nexus

42.59

0.14

0.08

S

Nitinol Superelastic .019×025

7.24

Victory

19.66

0.75

0.44

S

SFP

15.64

0.48

0.28

S

Ovation

14.96

0.22

0.13

S

D.B. Leone

28.30

2.82

1.63

S

Damon

16.21

0.49

0.28

S

Nexus

26.42

0.46

0.26

S

Nitinol .019×.025 Heat

7.24

Victory

20.64

0.43

0.25

S

SFP

15.91

0.36

0.21

S

Ovation

13.47

1.52

0.88

S

D.B. Leone

31.09

1.33

0.77

S

Damon

18.36

0.55

0.32

S

Nexus

27.79

0.39

0.23

S

Nitinol .021×.025 Heat

2.33

Victory

12.42

1.47

0.85

S

SFP

8.27

0.48

0.28

S

Ovation

7.46

0.27

0.15

S

D.B. Leone

15.23

0.03

0.02

S

Damon

10.66

3.39

1.96

S

Nexus

17.50

1.88

1.08

S