Haris Khan, Asma Rafi Chaudhry, Fayyaz Ahmad.
Comparison of site of bond failure between two different pliers.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;35(2):228-30.

Debonding of orthodontic brackets is the last step of orthodontic treatment. This step should be performed carefully and with the best available method. The purpose of this study was to compare the site of bond failure after debonding brackets by debonding plier and crown remover. One hundred sixty newly extracted premolars were bonded with metal brackets and randomly assigned to two study groups (n = 80).In one group brackets were debonded with debonding plier(DR) using base method while in other group brackets were debonded with crown remover(CR). Enamel surface after debonding was subsequently assessed visually for any adhesive remnant and adhesive remnant index (ARI) scoring based on 4 scores from 0 to 3 was applied. The ARI scorings of these two pliers were cross tabulated. The site of bond failure was mostly within the adhesive after debonding with crown remover while it was at enamel adhesive interference after debonding with debonding plier. It was concluded that crown remover is safer in terms of enamel integrity than debonding plier.

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