Forces released during alignment with a preadjusted appliance with different types of elastomeric ligatures

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-690

  Franchi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Baccetti, Tiziano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; ELASTOMER; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FRICTION; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; STATISTICS;

DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTOMERS; FRICTION; MALOCCLUSION; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; TITANIUM;

EID: 33646168971     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.11.028     Document Type: Article

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