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Table 1 Adhesive remnants on particular teeth following adhesive removal

From: Three-dimensional analysis of enamel surface alteration resulting from orthodontic clean-up –comparison of three different tools

Tool

Adhesive remnants

Height [mm]

Volume [mm3]

Mean (SD)

Min-Max

Tungsten carbide bur

0.005838 (0.00471)

0.000008 – 0.028

0.079

0.015758 (0.036838)

0.000126 – 0.3649

0.102

0.004727 (0.003761)

0.000077 – 0.0179

0.0153

0.01428 (0.019394)

0.000044 – 0.1104

0.065

0.006079 (0.005262)

0.000001 – 0.031

0.032

0.015872 (0.011378)

0.000007 – 0.069

0.302

0.009011 (0.005749)

0.000009 – 0.031

0.1149

0.14768 (0.014382)

0.000061 – 0.1489

0.3154

0.006993 (0.005334)

0.000038 – 0.02726

0.0787

0.010139 (0.008777)

0.000007 – 0.049011

0.07405

Shofu One Gloss

0.012092 (0.014155)

0.000002 – 0.0814

0.138

0.0153979 (0.0143199)

0.000033 – 0.0744

0.074

0.022308 (0.016684)

0.000058 – 0.0667

0.229

0.0291329 (0.022995)

0.00004 – 0.1101

0.14

0.00712 (0.005333)

0.000005 – 0.0275

0.084

0.008655 (0.007351)

0.000007 – 0.040891

0.082445

0.0185389 (0.020335)

0.000027 – 0.148891

0.26352

0.03885 (0.046852)

0.000011 – 0.223663

0.3044

0.026101 (0.02642)

0.000106 – 0.172313

0.232624

0.00771 (0.006548)

0.000003 – 0.03969

0.12739

Adhesive Residue Remover

0.006229 (0.006331)

0.000004 – 0.0307

0.076

0.024641 (0.038086)

0.000002 – 0.2111

0.281

0.008671 (0.012583)

0.000001 – 0.0633

0.046

0.00461 (0.003111)

0.000005 – 0.0127

0.05

0.008 (0.005614)

0.00006 – 0.0297

0.087

0.027002 (0.030753)

0.000019 – 0.247408

0.2213

0.010685 (0.008191)

0.000001 – 0.041085

0.1413

0.015896 (0.024687)

0.000005 – 0.178489

0.13467

0.013959 (0.012721)

0.000022 – 0.068929

0.06608

0.007048 (0.006245)

0.000033 – 0.039596

0.033121