Microfabricated biocatalytic fuel cells: A new approach to accelerating the orthodontic tooth movement

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 340-341

  Kolahi, Jafar ^a   Abrishami, Mohamadreza ^b   Davidovitch, Zéev ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMIC ACID; GLUCOSE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ALVEOLAR BONE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCATALYST; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GINGIVA; MICROSURGERY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; CATALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 67649887181     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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