TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of mechanical stress and growth on the velocity of tooth movement
AU - Nickel, Jeffrey C.
AU - Liu, Honzeng
AU - Marx, David B.
AU - Iwasaki, Laura R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Funded in part by the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation .
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - In this study, we investigated the effects of the magnitudes of applied stress and growth status on the speed of tooth movement. Methods: Eighty-two maxillary canines in 41 subjects were retracted for 84 days by estimated stresses of 4, 13, 26, 52, or 78 kPa applied continuously via segmental mechanics. Dental impressions made at intervals of 1 to 14 days resulted in 9 or 10 dental casts per subject. Three-dimensional tooth movements were quantified using these casts, custom reference templates, and a measuring microscope. Serial height and cephalometric measurements determined growth status. Results: Distal tooth movement was linear with no lag phase in 96% of the teeth. Speeds averaged 0.028, 0.040, 0.050, 0.054, and 0.061 mm per day (standard errors, ± 0.004) for 4, 13, 26, 52, and 78 kPa, respectively. The maximum difference in speed between teeth was 9:1. Teeth moved significantly faster (P <0.0001) in growing compared with nongrowing subjects, on average by 1.6-fold. Stress and speed of tooth movement were logarithmically related in growing (R2 = 0.47) and nongrowing (R2 = 0.34) subjects. Other tooth movements were relatively small, except for the distopalatal rotation of teeth moved by 78 kPa that averaged more than 19°. Conclusions: The speed of retraction was logarithmically related to the applied stress and was significantly faster in actively growing subjects compared with those who were not growing.
AB - In this study, we investigated the effects of the magnitudes of applied stress and growth status on the speed of tooth movement. Methods: Eighty-two maxillary canines in 41 subjects were retracted for 84 days by estimated stresses of 4, 13, 26, 52, or 78 kPa applied continuously via segmental mechanics. Dental impressions made at intervals of 1 to 14 days resulted in 9 or 10 dental casts per subject. Three-dimensional tooth movements were quantified using these casts, custom reference templates, and a measuring microscope. Serial height and cephalometric measurements determined growth status. Results: Distal tooth movement was linear with no lag phase in 96% of the teeth. Speeds averaged 0.028, 0.040, 0.050, 0.054, and 0.061 mm per day (standard errors, ± 0.004) for 4, 13, 26, 52, and 78 kPa, respectively. The maximum difference in speed between teeth was 9:1. Teeth moved significantly faster (P <0.0001) in growing compared with nongrowing subjects, on average by 1.6-fold. Stress and speed of tooth movement were logarithmically related in growing (R2 = 0.47) and nongrowing (R2 = 0.34) subjects. Other tooth movements were relatively small, except for the distopalatal rotation of teeth moved by 78 kPa that averaged more than 19°. Conclusions: The speed of retraction was logarithmically related to the applied stress and was significantly faster in actively growing subjects compared with those who were not growing.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.06.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.06.022
M3 - Article
C2 - 24680027
AN - SCOPUS:84897382477
SN - 0889-5406
VL - 145
SP - S74-S81
JO - American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
JF - American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
IS - 4 SUPPL.
ER -