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. 2022 May 4;11:7. doi: 10.4103/jos.jos_152_21

Table 3.

Result of individual studies to evaluate friction

Study Outcome Result P

Friction coefficient (N) Contact angle Group 1 (uncoated S. S wire) Group 2 (Ni + IF-WS2 coated S. S wire)
Redlich et al. (2008)[13] 1.32±0.12 N 1.10±0.06 N <0.05
2.95±0.09 N 1.58±0.25 N < 0.001
10° 4.00±0.19 N 1.85±0.21 N <0.001

Static and kinetic coefficient of friction (N) Contact angle Static Kinetic

Group 1 (uncoated NiTi wire) Group 2 (Co + IF-WS2 coated NiTi wire) Group 1 (uncoated NiTi wire) Group 2 (Co + IF-WS2 coated NiTi wire)

Somorodnitzky et al. (2009)[14] 0.103±0.3 0.083±0.01 0.103±0.02 0.077±0.01
3.8° 0.109±0.02 0.086±0.02 0.099±0.01 0.066±0.01
_ 0.080±0.02 _ 0.061±0.01

Static frictional force (g) Contact angle Bracket Wire Group 2 and 4 (uncoated) Group 1 and 3 (DLC coated) P

Muguruma et al. (2011)[15] Brand 1 (self ligating) 0.016 NiTi 6.63±2.15 6.12±1.32 0.796
0.018 NiTi 7.39±1.88 6.88±1.23 0.631
0.19 x 0.025 S. S 6.63±1.78 9.43±1.23 0.003
Brand 2 (self ligating) 0.016 NiTi 6.88±1.72 6.88±2.42 0.971
0.018 NiTi 7.14±1.61 6.37±1.8 0.481
0.19 x 0.025 S. S 46.65±8.92 46.65±7.11 0.739
Brand 3 (conventional) 0.016 NiTi 125.68±26.14 98.66±13.17 0.011
0.018 NiTi 123. 13±33.59 79.03±7.88 0.0001
0.19 x 0.025 S. S 120.58±16.04 101.89±11.71 0.015
10° Brand 1 (self ligating) 0.016 NiTi 54.55±14.08 31.61±5.79 0.001
0.018 NiTi 139.19±40.7 110.89±15.91 0.063
0.019 x 0.025 S. S 298.01±45.82 254.42±37.19 0.019
Brand 2 (self ligating) 0.016 NiTi 41.3±11.82 26±3.56 0.0001
0.018 NiTi 117.52±43.64 88.21±11.41 0.063
0.019 x 0.025 S. S 235.04±41.76 187.88±22.1 0.002
Brand 3 (conventional) 0.016 NiTi 191. 45±30.2 113.95±14.47 0.0001
0.018 NiTi 211.08±29.55 182.78±22.48 0.043
0.19 x 0.025 S. S 353.84±68.57 336±42.96 0.739

Coefficient of friction Force application Group 1 (BTUC 1) Group 2 (BTUC 2) Group 3 (BTUC 3) P

Krishnan et al. (2012)[16] 0.5 N 0.108±0.015 0.162±0.031 0.086±0.008 < 0.05
1N 0.125±0.014 0.112±0.006 0.067±0.05 < 0.05

Friction coefficient (µ) Force application Fretting condition Group 1 (WCON-BCON) Group 2 (WCON-BDLC) Group 3 (WDLC-BCON) Group 4 (WDLC-BDLC) P
Kang et al. (2015)[17] 1N Dry 0.60 0.53 0.13 0.11 < 0.05

Ambient air 0.40 0.38 0.12 0.12 < 0.05

Static and kinetic friction coefficient Group 1 (uncoated S. S wire) Group 2 (DLC coated S. S wire) Group 3 (Nitrocrbarized S. S wire)

static kinetic static kinetic static Kinetic P

Zhang et al. (2016)[18] 105.40±10.89 47.63±9.38 107.33±27.28 28.24±9.17 89.34±13.84 48.43±11.03 0.001

Frictional force (N) Contact angle Group 1 (OO- uncoated S. S wire and uncoated bracket) Group 2 (ZO- coated S. S wire and uncoated bracket) Group 3 (OZ- uncoated S. S wire and coated bracket) Group 4 (ZZ- coated S. S wire and coated bracket)

Behroozian et al. (2016)[19] 2.70±0.2 N 2.65±0.2N 2.18±0.5N (P<0.05) 3.07±0.4 N (P<0.05)

Load values of frictional resistance (N) Group 1[0.017×0.025”coated S. S wire] Group 2 (0.017×0.025” uncoated S. S wire) Group 3 (0.019×0.025” coated S. S wire)

Shah et al. (2018)[20] 1.8±0.83 N 1.46±0.80 N (P=0.854) 1.55±0.32 N (P=0.711) 2.56±0.99 N (P=0.002)

Frictional force (N) Contact angle conditions Brackets Group 1 (uncoated S. S wire) Group 2 (Ni coated S. S wire) Group 3 (Ni + MoS2 coated S. S wire) Group 4 (Ni + WS2 coated S. S wire)

Gracco et al. (2019)[21] Dry condition Damon Q 0.58±0.12 3.22 ± 0.92 0.42 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.08
In Ovation 1.24±0.12 3.35 ± 0.57 0.64 ± 0.06 0.79 ± 0.06
Wet condition DamonQ 0.95±0.09 1.01 ± 0.07 0.66 ± 0.13 0.94 ± 0.07
In Ovation 1.45±0.17 1.75 ± 0.11 0.91 ± 0.19 1.13 ± 0.16
Dry condition Damon Q 1.27±0.18 9.25 ± 4.01 0.94 ± 0.11 1.19 ± 0.14
In ovation 1.43±0.06 7.96 ± 0.59 1.06 ± 0.07 1.06 ± 0.13
Wet condition Damon Q 1.87±0.10 1.33 ± 0.10 1.16 ± 0.07 1.27 ± 00.18
In Ovation 2.52±0.09 4.06 ± 0.45 1.46 ± 0.13 2.35 ± 0.19

WCON-BCON (conventional S. S wire and bracket) WCON-BDLC (conventional S. S wire and DLC coated bracket) WDLC-BCON (DLC coated S. S wire and conventional bracket) WDLC-BDLC (DLC coated S. S wire and bracket), BTUC-1 (beta titanium uncoated) BTUC-2 (beta titanium TiAlN coated) BTUC-3 (beta titanium WC/C coated)