Affiliations: Department of Morphological Sciences and Odonto-stomatology, Faculty of Odontology, Universitat de Barcelona, c/Feixa Llarga s/n. 08907-L'Hospitalet del Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, Tel.: +3434024200 | Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, ETSIIB, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028-Barcelona, Spain, Tel.: +34 3 4016708
Note: [] Correspondence address: F.X. Gil-Mur, Dept. Ciencia de los Materiales e Ingeniería Metalúrgica, E.T.S.E.I.B. Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, Avda. Diagonal 647, 08028-Barcelona, Spain. Tel.: +3434016708; Fax: +34 3 4016706.
Abstract: NiTi alloy used in dental prosthetic fixators shows pseudoelastic behaviour and exhibits a great potential in dental and orthopaedic applications where constant correcting loads are required. In order to use such materials in dental prosthetic fixators, where the device is cyclically deformed, it is necessary to investigate the effect of the cyclic straining upon the transformation stresses and temperatures of the material. The aim of this work is to study the load cycling of a pseudoelastic NiTi shape memory alloy to be applied in the making of dental prosthetic fixators.
