Physiochemical and mechanical characterisation of orthodontic 3D printed aligner material made of shape memory polymers (4D aligner material)

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2023.106337
• Publication Date: 2023-12-25T15:44:01Z
• Authors: Islam Atta; Christoph Bourauel; Yasmine Alkabani; Nesreen Mohamed; Hoon Kim; Abdulaziz Alhotan; Ahmed Ghoneima; Tarek Elshazly
• Keywords: Thermoforming; Vickers hardness test; Shape-memory polymer

To conduct a physiochemical and mechanical material analysis on 3D printed shape-memory aligners in comparison to thermoformed aligners.