Failure investigation of soldered stainless steel orthodontic appliances exposed to artificial saliva

Dental Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 855-861

  Vahed, Anisa ^a   Lachman, Nirusha ^a   Knutsen, Robert D ^b  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Galvanic corrosion; In vitro test; Silver solder; Stainless steel; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

CORROSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLDERED JOINTS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

GALVANIC CORROSION; IN VITRO TESTS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; SILVER SOLDERS;

STAINLESS STEEL;

DENTAL ALLOY; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORROSION; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL SURGERY; EQUIPMENT; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORROSION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL SOLDERING; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROGALVANISM, INTRAORAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; SALIVA, ARTIFICIAL; STAINLESS STEEL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34248402523     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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