Nanoindentation of orthodontic archwires: The effect of decontamination and clinical use on hardness, elastic modulus and surface roughness

Dental Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1039-1043

  Alcock, Joseph P ^a   Barbour, Michele E ^a   Sandy, Jonathan R ^a   Ireland, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archwires; Atomic force microscopy; Nanoindentation; Nickel titanium; Orthodontics; Stainless steel

Indexed keywords

ARCHWIRE; ARCHWIRES; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; BEFORE AND AFTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL USE; NANOINDENTER; NICKEL TITANIUM; ORTHODONTIC ARCHWIRES; ORTHODONTICS; STEEL WIRE; SURFACE HARDNESS; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMS; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; DECONTAMINATION; DENTISTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; METAL ANALYSIS; NANOINDENTATION; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; ORTHOPEDICS; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TITANIUM; WIRE;

DENTAL ORTHOSES;

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

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECYCLING; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; YOUNG MODULUS;

DECONTAMINATION; DENTAL ALLOYS; DENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS; ELASTIC MODULUS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HARDNESS; HUMANS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINLESS STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 67649380351     PISSN: 01095641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dental.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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