Table 3.
Measurements of the force losses of all bracket types in combination with stainless steel archwires. (SD standard deviation)
| Force loss due to sliding resistance [%] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless steelx | Stainless steel | |||||||||
| 0.017 inch × 0.025 inch | 0.017 inch × 0.025 inch | |||||||||
| 25% | Median | 75% | Mean | SD | 25% | Median | 75% | Mean | SD | |
| Bracket type | ||||||||||
| Shark SL | 12.5 | 21 | 23 | 18.4 | 5.6 | 20.5 | 23 | 26.5 | 23.4 | 3.6 |
| Brillant® | 7.5 | 17 | 20 | 14.4 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 22 | 27 | 21 | 7.1 |
| Inspire Ice™ | 33.5 | 44 | 56 | 44.6 | 13.1 | 38 | 49 | 84.9 | 58.8 | 26.2 |
| discovery® pearl | 36.5 | 40 | 49 | 42.2 | 6.8 | 38 | 43 | 47.5 | 42.8 | 5.1 |
| discovery® | 33.5 | 36 | 39 | 36.2 | 3.3 | 20 | 25 | 42.5 | 30 | 13.4 |
| equilibrium® ti | 22 | 28 | 54 | 36 | 16.6 | 36 | 50 | 55.5 | 46.6 | 13.2 |