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HandlingCharacteristicsofPrecoated

andOperator-CoatedBrackets

SUNILHIRANI,BS,BDS,MS,FDSRCS,MOrthRCS

dhesivePrecoated(APC)brackets*wereityduringtheremovalofexcesscomposite.To

introducedin1991tosavethecliniciantheourknowledge,nostudieshavebeencarriedout

Athe

timespentinpreparingtheadhesivefordirectonthehandlingcharacteristicsofAPCbrackets.

bondingandapplyingittothebracket.1TheAPCThisarticlereportstheresultsofsuchaninvesti-

brackets,whicharepackagedinindividualcap-ion.

suforeaseofidentificationandinfectioncon-

trol,areappliedwithfingerpressure.2AuniformMaterialsandMethods

factoryprecoatingpurportedlyensuresaneven

amountandconsistencyofcompositebeneathThreegroupsof30bracketseachweretest-

eachbracket.Anyexcesscompositeipelleded:

inathickconsistencyfromthebracketmargins,1.OriginalAPCbrackets

sothatitiseasilyidentifiedandcanberemoved2.APCIIbrackets

withoutalteringthebracketposition.3,4Unlike3.VictorySeries*brackets,manuallycoated

chemicallycuredadhesives,theAPCsystempro-withTransbondXTbyanexperienceddental

videsvirtuallyunlimitedpositioningtime,be-assistant

causetheadhesivedoesnotsetuntilitislight-Twoexperiencedoperatorscedanequal

cured.numberofeachgroupofbracketson45premo-

Theimprovedcontrolo