Do alcoholic beverages interfere in the force of orthodontic elastics?

In a laboratory study, 6 groups of alcoholic beverages were tested. Control group (Group 1) was composed of distilled water. Experimental groups were Whisky (Group 2), Brandy (Group 3), Vodka (Group 4), Beer (Group 5), Sugar Cane Spirit/Rum (Group 6), Wine (Group 7). In the experimental groups, templates were used to enable elastics to be submerged in the alcoholic beverages for 30 seconds once a day. Force was measured with a digital dynamometer in six different time intervals: baseline, 1, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days.

Result:

There were no significant differences between the treatments in the time intervals: baseline, 7, 14 and 28 days. There were statistical differences between Group 7 and the others in the first 24 hours, and between Group 1 and the others after 21 days. After 28 days, there were no significant differences in the force pattern among all groups (p<0.05).

Conclusion:

Alcoholic beverages had no influence on the decline in force of the chain elastics.

Orthodontics, corrective; elastomers; alcoholic beverages

Treatment	Time						p-Value*
Treatment	Baseline	24 hours	7 days	14 days	21 days	28 days	p-Value*
Control	0.81±0.10^a	0.60±0.11^{bc A}	0.63±0.08^b	0.55±0.05^c	0.59±0.06^{bc A}	0.50±0.04^d	< 0.001
Whisky	0.79±0.09^a	0.57±0.07^{b A}	0.58±0.08^b	0.48±0.07^c	0.48±0.06^{c B}	0.48±0.06^c	< 0.001
Brandy	0.79±0.11^a	0.62±0.09^{b AB}	0.59±0.07^b	0.49±0.05^c	0.50±0.06^{c B}	0.53±0.07^c	< 0.001
Vodka	0.79±0.07^a	0.57±0.06^{bd A}	0.58±0.07^b	0.52±0.06^c	0.50±0.06^{c B}	0.50±0.07^cd	< 0.001
Beer	0.78±0.08^a	0.61±0.12^{b A}	0.58±0.09^b	0.53±0.09^bc	0.50±0.09^{c B}	0.49±0.06^c	< 0.001
Sugar cane spirit	0.77±0.09^a	0.71±0.07^{b B}	0.56±0.08^ce	0.49±0.06^df	0.48±0.06^{df B}	0.51±0.07^ef	< 0.001
Wine	0.71±0.11^a	0.66±0.08^{ab AB}	0.60±0.10^b	0.47±0.06^c	0.47±0.05^{c B}	0.50±0.06^c	< 0.001
p-Value^†	0.157	< 0.001	0.281	0.100	< 0.001	0.610

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[1] CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Matheus Melo Pithon Centro Odontomédico Dr. Altamirando da Costa Lima, Av. Otávio Santos, 395, sala 705, Recreio, 45020-750, Vitória da Conquista - BA, Brasil e-mail: matheuspithon@gmail.com