Forces exerted by conventional and self-ligating brackets during simulated first- and second-order corrections

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 738-742

  Pandis, Nikolaos ^a   Eliades, Theodore ^b   Partowi, Samira ^a   Bourauel, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER NITI; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL CARE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; TITANIUM;

EID: 43049144998     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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