Application of electrolyzed neutral water to clinical orthodontics

Abstract

The electrolyzed neutral water has very strong sterilizing power. The power is the same as the electrolyzed hyper acid water has. On the other hand, the electrolyzed neutral water effects safely on a living body and/or one's environment, because the generated chloride gas from the electolyzed neutral water is little in pH neutral area. When we use these sterilizing water in clinical orthodontics, we have to take care about corrosion of metal. But, it was not investigated the corrosion for orthodontic wires exposed to the electolyzed neutral water. In the present study, we analyzed the quantity of soluble metals (Fe, Ni, Cr, Ti, Cu, Mo) from four kinds of orthodontic wire , when these wires are exposed to the electrolyzed neutral water during 5 minutes and 24 hours. The result was that the solubility of any metals was not detected either after 5 minutes or 24 hours exposed to the electrolyzed neutral water. This result shows that we don't have to fear about the corrosion of orthodontic wires by using the electrolyzed neutral water in clinical orthodontics.