Fracture strength of ceramic bracket tie wings subjected to tension

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-100

  Johnson, Gerald ^a   Walker, Mary P ^b   Kula, Katherine ^b  

^a Orthodontics   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceramic brackets; Fracture resistance

Indexed keywords

STEEL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CERAMIC PROSTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL; DATA ANALYSIS; INCISOR; MAXILLA; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

EID: 13244298294     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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