1st Edition
Customized Orthodontic Brackets through Additive Manufacturing Surface Engineering, Corrosion Control, and Clinical Performance
1. Introduction. 2. History of Bracket Design and Materials. 3. Corrosion Behavior of Orthodontic Brackets in the Oral Environment. 4. Surface Finishing Methods for Additively Manufactured Brackets. 5. Regulatory Framework and Validation Requirements for Additively Manufactured Orthodontic Brackets. 6. Case Study: Surface Characterization Techniques and Baseline Analysis. 7. Case Study: Rotary Tumble Finishing of Additively Manufactured Orthodontic Brackets. 8. Case Study: Electropolishing of Additively Manufactured Orthodontic Brackets. 9. Case Study Results and Discussion. 10. Conclusions and Future Directions.
Biography
Elena Kostenko earned her first M.S. degree in Automated Systems Engineering in 2010, graduating with honors.She later pursued advanced training in medical device development, earning an M.S. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University, also with honors. Since 2020, she has worked at CDB Corporation as a manufacturing engineer and project manager, supporting medical device design, manufacturing optimization, and regulatory activities. She has led medical device development projects, encompassing management and functional activities for orthodontic treatment-planning software implementation and its FDA 510(k) submission. Her research spans additive manufacturing, biomaterials, and digital orthodontics. She has authored scholarly work on nanotechnology in orthodontics, shape-memory alloys, and nanomedicine-based drug delivery systems. Her current research focuses on surface finishing and corrosion control of additively manufactured orthodontic brackets, with the goal of improving biocompatibility, clinical performance, and patient safety.
