Clear aligner therapy beyond esthetics: oral health, polymer materials, and the environmental cost of digital orthodontics

Javier Iván Martínez-Hernández, Carlos Esteban Villegas-Mercado, Sandra Aidé Santana-Delgado, Grissel Guadalupe Orozco-Molina, Juan Antonio Arreguín-Cano, Karina Ordóñez-Torres, Manuel Antonio Luján-Aguilar, Laura Isabel Duarte-Chávez, Adolfo González-Acosta, Cecilia Casavantes-Lazo, Claudia Ivette Bujanda-Ríos, Mercedes Bermúdez

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10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940
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2026-06-09
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Frontiers in Dental Medicine
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Frontiers Media SA
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940,
  title = {Clear aligner therapy beyond esthetics: oral health, polymer materials, and the environmental cost of digital orthodontics},
  author = {Javier Iván Martínez-Hernández and Carlos Esteban Villegas-Mercado and Sandra Aidé Santana-Delgado and Grissel Guadalupe Orozco-Molina and Juan Antonio Arreguín-Cano and Karina Ordóñez-Torres and Manuel Antonio Luján-Aguilar and Laura Isabel Duarte-Chávez and Adolfo González-Acosta and Cecilia Casavantes-Lazo and Claudia Ivette Bujanda-Ríos and Mercedes Bermúdez},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Dental Medicine},
  doi = {10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Clear aligner therapy beyond esthetics: oral health, polymer materials, and the environmental cost of digital orthodontics
AU  - Javier Iván Martínez-Hernández
AU  - Carlos Esteban Villegas-Mercado
AU  - Sandra Aidé Santana-Delgado
AU  - Grissel Guadalupe Orozco-Molina
AU  - Juan Antonio Arreguín-Cano
AU  - Karina Ordóñez-Torres
AU  - Manuel Antonio Luján-Aguilar
AU  - Laura Isabel Duarte-Chávez
AU  - Adolfo González-Acosta
AU  - Cecilia Casavantes-Lazo
AU  - Claudia Ivette Bujanda-Ríos
AU  - Mercedes Bermúdez
PY  - 2026
JO  - Frontiers in Dental Medicine
DO  - 10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940
ER  - 

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Martínez-Hernández, J. I., Villegas-Mercado, C. E., Santana-Delgado, S. A., Orozco-Molina, G. G., Arreguín-Cano, J. A., Ordóñez-Torres, K., Luján-Aguilar, M. A., Duarte-Chávez, L. I., González-Acosta, A., Casavantes-Lazo, C., Bujanda-Ríos, C. I., & Bermúdez, M. (2026). Clear aligner therapy beyond esthetics: oral health, polymer materials, and the environmental cost of digital orthodontics. Frontiers in Dental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdmed.2026.1810940

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