A systematic review of clinical trials of aligning archwires

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-51

  Riley, Michael ^a   Beam, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archwires; Orthodontics; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; REVIEW;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE;

EID: 67650215809     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/14653120722914     Document Type: Article

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