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Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, The Oxford Dental College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Abstract
Aim: This study evaluated the effect of physical and chemical sterilization techniques on the fracture resistance of mini-implants.
Methods: Thirty-two titanium mini-implants of 1.5 x 8 mm were randomly divided into four groups: control, steam sterilized, dry heat sterilized, and chemically sterilized. The samples were then tested in the air for fracture resistance using a universal testing machine. A tangential load was applied to the head of the mini-implant with a 1 mm/min crosshead speed after blocking each of them in the machine. Also, the maximum load was recorded previous to screw fracture. he Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney post hoc test were used for data analysis.
Results: The results of this study demonstrated the mean fracture resistance difference between the four groups was statistically significant at p<0.001. Moreover it was showed the control group had significantly higher mean fracture resistance compared to dry heat and chemically sterilized groups at p=0.001 and p=0.009 respectively. This was followed by the stem sterilized group demonstrating significantly higher mean fracture resistance as compared to dry heat and chemically sterilized groups at p=0.001 and p=0.01 respectively. Later, the chemically sterilized group also showed significantly higher mean fracture resistance as compared to the dry heat group at p=0.002. However, no significant difference was observed between the control and stem sterilized groups (p=0.29).
Conclusion: The steam sterilized group demonstrated the highest fracture resistance that was followed by the chemically sterilized group, and the least with the dry heat sterilized group.
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