Mechanical characteristics of various orthodontic mini-screws in relation to artificial cortical bone thickness

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 979-985

  Song, Young Youn ^a   Cha, Jung Yul ^a   Hwang, Chung Ju ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Insertion torque; Orthodontic mini screw; Removal torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649004793     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/090606-363.1     Document Type: Article

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