Bracket recycling--who does what?

Abstract

At present there is debate concerning the practice of recycling orthodontic components. A survey of 300 members of the British Orthodontic Society showed that 47.5 per cent of respondents recycled metal brackets and that more specialist practitioners than consultants did so (p < 0.001). Only 7.2 per cent of the orthodontists who recycled brackets informed their patients that recycled brackets were used.