Abstract
This study was undertaken to test a new and original orthodontic bracket base, consisting of a porous lamella, which was designed to facilitate removal of ceramic brackets from the enamel surface after treatment. In the phase of the study presented here, porous pellets were made by bonding coarse alumina particles (calcined or fused) with mullite, formed by their reaction with fine quartz particles during firing of the mixture at 1700 degrees C. After machining the pellets to the desired shape, nine types of lamellae with different porosities were attached to the brackets using two different adhesive resins, and also bonded to bovine enamel using the same adhesives. The tensile bond strengths for the assemblies were determined so that the lamellae and the bonding adhesive that might be suitable for clinical application could be selected for testing in vitro in the second phase of the study.
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