Elemental composition of brazing alloys in metallic orthodontic brackets

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 394-399

  Zinelis, Spiros ^a   Annousaki, Olga ^a   Eliades, Theodore ^a   Makou, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brackets; Brazing filler alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; EPOXY RESIN; GOLD; IRON; MAGNESIUM; METAL; NICKEL; SILICON; SILVER; WATER; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLEANING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; EXPOSURE; GRINDING; MATERIALS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

EID: 3042638498     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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