A Comparison Between the Expansion Force Exerted by Thermo-Printed Aligners and 3D Printed Aligners: An In Vitro Study
Smart Track<sup>®</sup> aligners express a quantitatively measurable force in Newtons during the programmed movements to obtain a posterior expansion of the dental arches; on the contrary, aligners made with TC-85 DAC resin, in light of the results obtained from this study, express forces close to 0 during the realization of the movements programmed to obtain a posterior expansion of the dental arches.
Authors
- Andrea T. Lugas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-5551)
- Nicola Scotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7380-1675)
- Mara Terzini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5699-6009)
- Cristina Bignardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7065-2552)
- Tommaso Castroflorio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-3234)
- Simone Parrini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2501-4065)
- V Guajardo Cantu
- Fabrizio Sanna
- Samuele Avolese
- Emanuele Grifalconi
Institutions
- Politecnico di Torino (IT)
- 5T Torino (Italy) (IT)
- Torino e-district (IT)
- Turin Polytechnic University (UZ)
- University of Turin (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bioengineering
- Published
- 2025-08-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering12090912
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.35
Funders
- Università degli Studi di Torino