Nitinol Product Overview

Benefits of the Quality Motor

All of Ultimate's nickel titanium products have been specially designed to help the clinician in perfecting his or her specific techniques. The clinician will optimize the treatment time by selecting the correct nitinol product for the specific need and therefore reduce patient chair time. When the clinician is concerned enough to select the proper motor (nitinol product) to efficiently move the teeth, the patient enjoys more comfortable tooth movement and reduced office visits. The clinician benefits by spending less time working on the patient and may now enjoy more free time.

An Explanation of Austenite vs. Martensite

Nickel Titanium (NITI) is a very unique alloy. The following is an attempt to simplify how the material changes from a soft state at a low temperature to a stiff state at a higher temperature.

The analogy we'll use is a platoon of soldiers. Each person in the platoon is a molecule, which makes up the molecular structure of Nickel Titanium. When the platoon is in formation there is structure and therefore strength, this is like Niti when it is warm and totally in its austenitic state or phase. If the platoon is dismissed and the soldiers disperse the structure and strength of the platoon is lost. The same thing would happen to Niti if it is chilled, the wire would become more martensitic (soft). The colder the wire gets the more martensitic (soft) it will become. When the wire is heated the wire becomes austenitic and stronger, just like a platoon of soldiers getting back into formation.