Alignment efficiency of superelastic coaxial nickel-titanium vs superelastic single-stranded nickel-titanium in relieving mandibular anterior crowding a randomized controlled prospective study

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 703-708

  Sebastiana, Biju ^a  

^a Noorul Islam College of Dental Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Alignment archwires; Coaxial superelastic NiTi; Mandibular anterior de crowding; Orthodontic archwires; Superelastic NiTi

Indexed keywords

DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL ALLOYS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TITANIUM; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 84865209585     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/072111-460.1     Document Type: Article

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