Current products and practice: Aesthetic orthodontic brackets

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 146-163

  Russell, Joanne S ^a  

^a LEEDS DENTAL INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aesthetic brackets; Ceramic monocrystalline polycrystalline brackets; Plastic polycarbonate brackets

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER;

CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; DENTAL BONDING; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; REVIEW;

CERAMICS; DENTAL BONDING; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; HUMANS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; POLYMERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 23044465804     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146531205225021024     Document Type: Article

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