Weld characteristics of orthodontic archwire materials

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-538

  Krishnan, Vinod ^a,c   Kumar, K Jyothindra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Archwires; Beta titanium; Metallography; Timolium; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; AUTOMETALLOGRAPHY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 4444373832     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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