Clinical Abstracts and Studies

• Frictional Forces
• Comparison of Maxillary Arch
• Self-Ligating vs. Conventional Brackets
• Damon System vs. Conventional Appliances
• Comparison of Resistance to Sliding
• Self-Ligating Treatment
• Treatment Time
• Self-Ligating in The Year 2000
• Interactive Edgewise Mechanisms
• Force Decay and Deformation
• Ligature Wires and Elastomeric Rings

Clinical Abstracts and Studies

Face-Driven Orthodontics

The following studies document the proven clinical performance of the Damon System and its ability to deliver extraordinary results in less time, in fewer appointments, with greater patient comfort, and with less need for extractions, surgery, RPEs, and other appliances.

For access to the entire Clinical Abstract Volume 1 click here. Individual studies are listed below.

• Comparison of frictional forces during the initial leveling stage in various combinations of self-ligating brackets and archwires with a custom-designed typodont system

  Kim TK, Kim KD, Baek SH. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 2008; 187:e15-e24.

• A comparison of maxillary arch width and molar tipping changes between rapid maxillary expansion and fixed appliance vs. the Damon system

  Mikulencak D. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 2007; 132:562.

• Self-ligating vs conventional brackets in the treatment of mandibular crowding: A prospective clinical trial of treatment duration and dental effects

  Pandis N, Polychronopoulou A, Eliades T. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 2007; 132(2):208-215.

• The Damon System vs. conventional appliances: a comparative study

  Tagawa D. Clinical Impressions 2006; 15-1

• Comparison of resistance to sliding between different self-ligating brackets with second-order angulation in the dry and saliva

  Thorstenson GA, Kusy RP. American journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 2002; 121:472-482

• Self-ligating brackets and treatment efficiency

  Harradine NWT. Clinical Orthodontics and Research 2001; 4:220-227

• Treatment time, outcome and patient satisfaction comparisons of Damon and conventional brackets

  Eberting JJ, Straja SR, Tuncay OC. Clinical Orthodontics and Research 2001; 4(4):228-234

• Self-ligation in the year 2000, a comparative assessment of conventional ligation and self-ligation bracket systems

  Berger J. Journal of Clinical Orthodontics 2000

• Interactive edgewise mechanisms: form and function comparison with conventional edgewise brackets

  Vourdouris JC. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 1997; 111:119-143

• Force decay and deformation of orthodontic elastomeric ligatures

  Taloumis LJ, Smith TM, Hondrum SO, Lorton L. American Journal of Orthodontics & Dentofacial Orthopedics 1997; 111:1-11

• Ligature wires and elastomeric rings; two methods of ligation and their association with microbial colonization of streptococcus

  Forsberg, Brattstrom V, Malmberg E and Nord CE. European Journal of Orthodontics 1991; 13:416-20