A study of the frictional characteristics of four commercially available self-ligating bracket systems

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 645-653

  Budd, Steven ^a   Daskalogiannakis, John ^b   Tompson, Bryan D ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE;

DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; FRICTION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 60049095092     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjn058     Document Type: Article

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