Recycling

        Not all of the armamentarium orthodontists use lends itself equally to reuse. The strange part is that the least reusable ones are those generally accepted for the purpose. Indeed, many stainless steel instruments do not have to withstand the conditions required of orthodontic appliances and are consequently made of poorer materials. Non-stainless steel devices are at a disadvantage from the very beginning. In contrast, even the most delicate direct bonding brackets have been successfully reused several times after Ortho-Cycle's recycling. Thus, after starting with fifty cases of brackets and successively reusing these brackets three times, a clinician was left with thirty cases ready for a fourth cycle (Buchwald A, Am. J. Orthod. Dentofac. Orthop. 1989; 95: 325). What usually harms the attachments is the
debonding: a thorough checking, however, allows elimination of the damaged ones.

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