Innovative materials: The NiTi alloys in orthodontics

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-305

  Airoldi, G ^a   Riva, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Martensitic transformation; NiTi alloy; Orthodontics; Shape memory alloys; Superelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DENTAL ALLOYS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM;

EID: 0030333745     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bme-1996-6407     Document Type: Article

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