Avaliação dos elásticos ortodônticos intra-orais de látex e de borracha sintética: estudo in vitro e in vivo

• Autor(a) principal: Notaroberto, Daniela Ferreira de Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14193
• topic: Latex; Silicone elastomers; Latex hypersensitivity; Látex; Elastômeros de silicone; Hipersensibilidade ao látex; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA::ORTODONTIA

Synthetic intermaxillary orthodontic elastics are being increasingly used and they are primarily indicated for patients with hypersensitivity to latex. In order to evaluate and compare the behavior of latex and synthetic elastics, as the loss of strength, over time, this study was conducted both in vitro and in vivo. For the in vitro study, 15 of each elastic material was evaluated for each time: 0, 1, 3, 12 and 24 hours. For the in vivo study, patients were evaluated (N = 15) using both elastic materials (latex and synthetic) at the same times settled in vitro study. The rubber bands were transferred to the testing machine (EMIC DL-500 MF). The values of the force were recorded after stretching the elastic to a length of 25mm. Matched to the clinical and independent for laboratory sample t test was applied. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to check the variation of the forces generated between those determined times and the post-hoc test to identify between which times were marked difference . As regards the initial forces (time zero), the values for synthetic elastic were quite similar between laboratory and clinical studies and slightly higher than the latex elastic. In subsequent times, the forces generated by the latex elastic showed higher values. Regarding the material degradation at the end of 24 hours, the highest percentage was observed for synthetic elastic, both in vitro and in vivo. The largest drop in the values of forces unleashed by the elastic of both materials and the clinical and laboratory studies occurred between times of 0 and 1 hour, followed by a gradual decreases until the time of 24 hours. The latex elastic had a more stable behavior during the period studied compared with synthetic, in both studies.