Application of nanomaterials to the development of FRP esthetic orthodontic wire

为了使用于正畸治疗的多支架矫治器在美学上更易于接受，我们一直在开发具有足够机械性能与金属丝相当的透明复合材料。在科学研究补助金(C)的支持下，我们成功地制造了具有纳米级增强结构的PMMA/层状硅酸盐复合材料。本研究取得的显著结果鼓励我们将其应用于透明玻璃钢正畸丝。

To make the multibracket appliance used in orthodontic treatments more esthetically acceptable, we have been developing transparent composite materials with enough mechanical properties comparable with metal wires. Owing to the support by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), we successfully fabricated PMMA/layered silicate composites with nanoscale reinforcement architecture. The remarkable results obtained through this study encourage us to make them applicable for transparent FRP orthodontic wires.