The Three Most Frequently Asked Technical Questions

Do the Teeth Move More Easily?

Most likely. The university research showed the lowest friction with our patented braces system.

“The force needed to overtake initial resistance to gliding (static friction) with standard brackets (.018) is more than ten times greater than when using low friction brackets, being higher than 250g with the former and lower than 25g with this last type.”

“Viazis' brackets having significantly the lowest mean frictional forces by 87% when compared to all other brackets in the study.”

Is There Lower Sensitivity?

It seems so. University research has shown “lower sensitivity” and greater “pain reduction” with our braces, “a clear-cut reduction in sliding friction” and “the lowest mean frictional forces” compared to the traditional braces tested.

"..indicates greater pain reduction in the Viazis systems, with fitting front and back teeth together being at a statistically significant level. This suggests a connection between a slightly higher force application during the initial stage and a lower pain response as the treatment progresses. ”Results from the thermal sensitivity test a 0° C using Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) are indicating lower sensitivity in the Viazis bracket system.”

“...it can be confirmed that the non- conventional bracket designs investigated offer increased maneuverability along the guiding arch, i.e. a clean-cut reduction in sliding friction.”

Are there any other clinical advantages?

Possibly. Research has shown that the longer the patients wear traditional braces, the more root resorption (tooth root shortening) they have (American Journal of Orthodontics). University research in the same journal showed that our braces presented “even less root resorption” than the traditional systems tested. We believe this is due to the fact that we move the whole tooth in one stage (as shown here), and therefore patients don’t stay in braces a long time.

“Treatment with the Bioefficient Therapy did not produce an increase in the amount of root resorption. In fact, group 3 (Bioefficient Therapy) presented even less root resorption than group 1 (Simplified Standard Edgewise Technique) and group 2 (Edgewise Straight Wire System). It was speculated that the factors responsible for the smaller resorption in this technique were the use of heat activated and superlastic wires with the bracket design in this technique as well as the use of a smaller rectangular stainless steel wire.”