Exposure to nickel and palladium from dental appliances Milheiro, A.

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Exposure to nickel and palladium from dental appliances
Ventura Da Cruz Rodrigues Milheiro, A.M.
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Ventura Da Cruz Rodrigues Milheiro, A. M. (2015). Exposure to nickel and palladium from
dental appliances. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam].
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Exposure to nickel and palladium from
dental appliances

Ana Maria Ventura da Cruz Rodrigues Milheiro
Cover: Ana Milheiro, photography / Filipe Álvaro, design
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Exposure to nickel and palladium from
dental appliances

ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT

Ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor
aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam
op gezag van de Rector Magnificus
prof. dr. D.C. van den Boom
ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties
ingestelde commissie,
in het openbaar te verdedigen in de Aula der Universiteit
op vrijdag 27 november 2015, te 11:00 uur

door

Ana Maria Ventura da Cruz Rodrigues Milheiro
geboren te Coimbra, Portugal
Promotiecommissie

Promotor Prof. dr. A.J. Feilzer, Universiteit van Amsterdam en Vrije Universiteit
Amsterdam

Co-promotor Dr. C.J. Kleverlaan, Universiteit van Amsterdam

Overige leden Prof. dr. M. Özcan, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Universität Zurich
Prof. dr. F.R. Rozema, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. dr. S. Gibbs, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Prof. dr. F.J.M. Roeters, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. dr. F. Lobbezoo, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Prof. dr. T. Rustemeyer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Faculteit der Tandheelkunde
“Not all those who wander are lost”
JRR Tolkien

To my family
This thesis was supported by ACTA Research Institute as well as MOVE research institute
and prepared at the Department of Dental Materials Science of the Academic Center for
Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and VU University, the Netherlands.
CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Introduction – A review of the literature 9

RELEASE OF METAL IONS IN VITRO
Chapter 2 Nickel release from orthodontic retention wires – mechanical loading 45
and pH
Chapter 3 Influence of shape and finishing on the corrosion of palladium-based 57
dental alloys

A SIMPLIFIED BIOLOGIC APPROACH
Chapter 4 In vitro cytotoxicity of metallic ions released from dental alloys 69
Chapter 5 Metal release and cytotoxicity of orthodontic retention wires 83

ON THE WAY TO A METAL-FREE ALTERNATIVE
Chapter 6 In vitro debonding of Orthodontic Retainers analyzed with Finite 95
Element Analysis

Discussion, Summary and Conclusions 109
Discussie, Samenvatting en Conclusies 113

Acknowledgements 119
About the author 125