Fatigue failure of as-received and retrieved NiTi orthodontic archwires

Dental Materials

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1095-1101

  Bourauel, C ^a   Scharold, W ^a   Jager A ^a   Eliades, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Fracture; NiTi wires; Retrieval; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); NUMERICAL METHODS; PIGMENTS; WIRE;

APPLIED (CO); ARCHWIRES; BENDING DEFORMATIONS; CROSS SECTIONS (CS); CYCLIC LOADINGS; FATIGUE FAILURES; FRACTURE RESISTANCES; LOADING CYCLES; LOADING FREQUENCIES; ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRES;

FRACTURE;

DENTAL ALLOY; ELASTOMER; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PLIABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

DENTAL ALLOYS; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMERS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PLIABILITY; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 45449107179     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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