Metallurgical characterization of orthodontic brackets produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM)

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1024-1031

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brackets; Hardness; MIM

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144479392     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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