Self-ligating brackets in orthodontics a systematic review

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 575-584

  Fleming, Padhraig S ^a   Johal, Ama ^b  

^a UK Alexanderdavies3 nhsnet   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fixed appliance; Meta analysis; Orthodontic; Self ligating; Systematic

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649090361     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/081009-454.1     Document Type: Article

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