Self-reported pain associated with the use of intermaxillary elastics compared to pain experienced after initial archwire placement

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 807-811

  Tuncer, Zeynep ^a   Ozsoy, Faik Serhat ^b   Polat Ozsoy, Omur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Private Practice   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Intermaxillary elastics; Pain; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BITE FORCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 80052504380     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/092110-550.1     Document Type: Article

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