Elastic properties of alternative versus single-stranded leveling archwires

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 528-541

  Rucker, Brian K ^a,b   Kusy, Robert P ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Orthodontics ^*  (United States)

^d Dental Research Center   (United States)

^e Applied and Material Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PHOTOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHODONTICS; PLIABILITY; RELATIVE DENSITY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOMATERIAL; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; NYLON; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL; NYLONS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PLIABILITY; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 0036830748     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2002.127292     Document Type: Article

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