Response of Headgear Release Mechanisms to Nonaxial Force Application

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 377-382

  Iverson, Darin B ^a,b   Caputo, Angelo A ^b   Turley, Patrick K ^b  

^a UCLA Orthodontics ^*  (United States)

^b UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Force; Headgear; Nonaxial pull; Release mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NECK; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; HEAD; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NECK;

EID: 0034303254     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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