Evolution of Archwires

Over the last century material science has made rapid progress. This has been evident in our day to day lives also. And Orthodontics particularly has benefited largely from this. In this branch of dentistry not only have the materials been improved but also the philosophies have changed. Orthodontics has come a long way since the days of the E-arch and various removable appliances used in the early 20th century. With the introduction of the Edgewise appliance newer materials needed to be introduced in order to make the most of these appliances. Thus we can see how the appliance philosophies and material science progress is closely interrelated. All these wire alloys that were introduced and the newer ones have some very individualistic and unique properties associated with them. So in order to use the newer wires it is important to know as why they behave this way i.e. their properties.