RESEARCH
Viazi
The following is research regarding the Viazi® Bracket System.
Is there lower sensitivity?
It seems so. University research has shown "lower sensitivity" and greater "pain reduction" with Viazi® braces, "a clear-cut reduction in sliding friction" and "the lowest mean frictional forces" compared to the traditional braces tested.
- Journal of Stoma, March 1995
"The force needed to overtake initial resistance to gliding (static friction) with standard brackets (.018) is more than ten times greater than when using low friction brackets, being higher than 250g with the former and lower than 25g with this last type." View Study
- University of Southern California (USC)
Master's Thesis Graduate Orthodontic Department. April 1996 "Viazis' brackets having significantly the lowest mean frictional forces by 87% when compared to all other brackets in the study." View Study
- Ph.D Thesis Proposal, University of Kuopio, Finland
"...indicates greater pain reduction in the Viazis systems, with fitting front and back teeth together being at a statistically significant level. This suggests a connection between a slightly higher force application during the initial stage and a lower pain response as the treatment progresses."Results from the thermal sensitivity test a 0° C using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) are indicating lower sensitivity in the Viazis bracket system." View Study
- Journal of Orofacial Orthopedics, Germany, 1999
"...it can be confirmed that the non-conventional bracket designs investigated offer increased maneuverability along the guiding arch, i.e. a clean-cut reduction in sliding friction." View Study
Are there any other clinical advantages with the Viazi® braces?
Possibly. Research has shown that the longer the patients wear traditional braces, the more root resorption (tooth root shortening) they have (American Journal of Orthodontics). University research in the same journal showed that the VIAZI® braces presented “even less root resorption” than the traditional systems tested.
- American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Othopedics -
September 2000, Pages 262-273
"Treatment with the Bioefficient Therapy did not produce an increase in the amount of root resorption. In fact, group 3 (Bioefficient Therapy) presented even less root resorption than group 1(Simplified Standard Edgewise Technique) and group 2 (Edgewise Straight Wire System). It was speculated that the factors responsible for the smaller resorption in this technique were the use of heat activated and superlastic wires with the bracket design in this technique as well as the use of a smaller rectangular stainless steel wire." View Study
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