Can People Clipped with Thermo Active Orthodontic Wire Take Copper Barrel Brandy Orally?

The corrosion rate of an orthodontic wire (OW) made of thermo active alloy (TAA) immersed in artificial saliva (AS), in the absence and presence of copper barrel brandy (CBB), was herein examined by potentiodynamic polarization study, and it was observed to decrease. When TAA was immersed in AS, in the presence of CBB, linear polarization resistance value decreased from 208.94 x 10 3 to 37.97 x 10 3 Ohm/cm 2 , and corrosion current increased from 2.192 x 10 -9 to 12.99 x 10 -9 A/cm 2 . It was therefore determined that individuals using OW composed of TAA should refrain from orally ingesting CBB. The change in corrosion potential was observed to be within 50 mV, suggesting that CBB acted as a mixed-type additive. This implies that it enhanced both anodic and cathodic processes of corrosion. The results of this research could be utilized in the field of dentistry. TAA’s surface morphology was investigated by scanning electron microscope