What causes the facebow to snap?
Something called “metal fatigue.” When you bend a wire enough times, the wire will break. You can see this with a solid copper wire like the wires in the wall in your house. If you take a piece of solid (unstranded) copper wire and bend it several times, the wire will break. Facebows are made of a special stainless steel wire which is resistant to breakage. However, all wire will break if the wire is bent enough times.
professor Hatt Something called “metal fatigue”. When you bend a wire enough times, the wire will break. You can see this with a solid copper wire like the wires in the wall in your house. If you take a piece of solid (unstranded) copper wire and bend it several times, the wire will break. Facebows are made of a special stainless steel wire which is resistant to breakage. However, all wire will break if the wire is bent enough times. • Are there any other dangers in orthodontics? There are some concerns about sterilization of orthodontic materials, taking orthodontic materials out of one patients mouth and “recycling” them to a second patient’s mouth, and allergic reactions to orthodontic materials. These issues are discussed in the next section. • I have lots of allergies. Are there any special concerns when I comes in for orthodontic treatment?
Something called “metal fatigue”. When you bend a wire enough times, the wire will break. You can see this with a solid copper wire like the wires in the wall in your house. If you take a piece of solid (unstranded) copper wire and bend it several times, the wire will break. Facebows are made of a special stainless steel wire that is resistant to breakage. However, all wire will break if the wire is bent enough times. I have lots of allergies.
Something called “metal fatigue”. When you bend a wire enough times, the wire will break. You can see this with a solid copper wire like the wires in the wall in your house. If you take a piece of solid (unstranded) copper wire and bend it several times, the wire will break. Facebows are made of a special stainless steel wire which is resistant to breakage. However, all wire will break if the wire is bent enough times. • Are there any other dangers in orthodontics? There are some concerns about sterilization of orthodontic materials, taking orthodontic materials our of one patients mouth and “recycling” them to a second patient’s mouth, and allergic reactions to orthodontic materials. These issues are discussed in the next section. • Is there any chance that my child will be able to hear the radio on their braces? Well, we do not think so, but you never know. Years ago people used to build crystal radios, where the radio receivers consisted of a insulator much like a tooth covered by a
