Torque expression of self-ligating brackets compared with conventional metallic, ceramic, and plastic brackets

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-238

  Morina, Enver ^a   Eliades, Theodore ^b   Pandis, Nikolaos ^c   Jäger, Andreas ^a   Bourauel, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TORQUE;

ALLOYS; CERAMICS; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PLASTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOOTH MOVEMENT; TORQUE;

EID: 52449117374     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjn005     Document Type: Article

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