Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontic, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq
*Corresponding Author: Reem Atta Rafeeq Al-Ani, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontic, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Iraq, Phone: +9647800701538, Email: reemortho@yahoo.com, reemortho@codental.uobaghad.edu.iq
Online published on 23 December, 2019.
To test the effect of alcohol and non-alcohol containing mouthwashes on the force decay of clear and colored elastomeric chains.
An in-vitro prospective study to test the effect of exposure to alcohol on orthodontic elastomeric chains clear and colored. A sample of 72 specimens divided into three test groups, each group exposed to a single type mouth wash (deionized water (control); Listerine-zero; Listerine-original (26.9% alcohol)) for 60 seconds twice a day. Force measurements by a digital force tester were taken at days 0, 1, 7, 21.
Increase in force decay over time was observed in all test groups, and is observed more with colored elastics. The test group exposed to Listerine original mouth wash had the highest mean force decays in all types of elastomeric chains, being more with colored chains. All of those findings were statistically significant.
Mouth wash containing alcohol increase force decay of colored elastomeric chains with time, with color related differences in force decay of elastomeric chains.
Force decay, colored Elastomeric chain, Alcohol, Mouth wash
