Experimental assessment of damage and microplastic release during cyclic loading of clear aligners

Claudia Barile; Claudia Cianci; Vimalathithan Paramsamy Kannan; Giovanni Pappalettera; Carmine Pappalettere; Caterina Casavola; Michele Laurenziello; Domenico Ciavarella

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0318207

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Experimental assessment of damage and microplastic release during cyclic loading of clear aligners

Claudia Barile,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-6078

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Claudia Cianci,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7888-6567

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Vimalathithan Paramsamy Kannan,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9685-1242

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Giovanni Pappalettera ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: giovanni.pappalettera@poliba.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6257-5721

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Carmine Pappalettere,

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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Caterina Casavola,

Roles Resources

Affiliation Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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Michele Laurenziello,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Domenico Ciavarella

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università di Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Experimental assessment of damage and microplastic release during cyclic loading of clear aligners

Claudia Barile,
Claudia Cianci,
Vimalathithan Paramsamy Kannan,
Giovanni Pappalettera,
Carmine Pappalettere,
Caterina Casavola,
Michele Laurenziello,
Domenico Ciavarella

Published: February 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318207

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