Background and Objectives: Cold water disinfection can damage the elastomeric material, cross contamination in handling elastomeric ligatures is a serious concern in the orthodontic office. In addition, elastomeric strips with enough ligatures for both arches of a single patient are produced by most manufacturers. Thus, cross -contamination can occur in remaining ligatures if an entire strip is...

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We report on a new method to excite surface plasmon polaritons on a thin metal slab surface using an elastomeric grating which is fabricated by replica molding technique. The grating is placed on the metal surface which creates a periodic perturbation on the surface matching the momentum of the incident light to that of the surface plasmon. The conformal contact between the metal surface and th...

This in vivo experimental study evaluated the efficacy of fluoride-releasing elastomers in the control of Streptococcus mutans levels in the oral cavity. Forty orthodontic patients were recruited and divided into two groups of 20. Fluoride-releasing elastomeric ligature ties (Fluor-I-Ties, Ortho Arch Co. Inc., USA) were used in the experimental group, and conventional elastomeric ligature ties ...

BACKGROUND This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of two commercially available chemical disinfectants namely sodium hypochlorite and glutaraldehyde and a surface wetting agent on the wettability of three high precision elastomeric impression materials, addition silicone, condensation silicone and polyether. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three different types of elastomeric impression mate...

© 2014 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim 5541 wileyonlinelibrary.com structures with homogeneous composition, but less effi cient at generating hollow, 3D structures, especially when they comprise multiple materials with different mechanical or physical properties. To fabricate 3D structures that incorporate elastomeric, infl atable components for use in the actuation of soft robots an...

It is proposed to use elastomeric composites as artificial joint bearing surfaces to increase their fluid film lubrication and therefore reduce the number of failures which have been attributed to wear mechanisms related to frictional forces. The fluid generated between the surfaces supports part of the load and prevents direct contact of the bearing surfaces. In order to obtain optimum elastoh...

Elastomeric proteins are molecular springs that confer excellent mechanical properties to many biological tissues and biomaterials. Depending on the role performed by the tissue or biomaterial, elastomeric proteins can behave as molecular springs or shock absorbers. Here we combine single-molecule atomic force microscopy and protein engineering techniques to create elastomeric proteins that can...