Fiber reinforced composite arch-wires in orthodontics: Function meets esthetics

Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Valiathan, Ashima ^a   Dhar, Siddhartha ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; ELASTICITY; FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; POLYCARBONATES; STAINLESS STEEL; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ORTHODONTIC TOOTH MOVEMENT; TOOTH COLORED BRACKET;

DENTAL ORTHOSES;

EID: 35648987980     PISSN: 09711198     EISSN: 09711198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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