Assessment of second-order clearances between orthodontic archwires and bracket slots via the critical contact angle for binding

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-80

  Kusy, Robert P ^a,b,c   Whitley, John Q ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LA State Univ School of Dentistry   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archwires; Brackets; Clearances; Contact angles; Sliding mechanics

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033071557     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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