Why do nickel-titanium archwires fracture intraorally? Fractographic analysis and failure mechanism of in-vivo fractured wires

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-89

  Zinelis, Spiros ^a   Eliades, Theodore ^b   Pandis, Nikolaos ^c   Eliades, George ^a   Bourauel, Christoph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Bonn University ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 34447093717     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.11.039     Document Type: Article

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