Friction of conventional and self-ligating brackets using a 10 bracket model

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1041-1045

  Tecco, Simona ^a   Festa, Felice ^a   Caputi, Sergio ^a   Traini, Tonino ^a   Di Iorio, Donato ^a   D'Attilio, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archwires; Conventional brackets; Frictional resistance; Self ligating brackets

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144470181     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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