Comparative assessment of alignment efficiency and space closure of active and passive self-ligating vs conventional appliances in adolescents: A single-center randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 569-578

  Songra, Goldie ^a   Clover, Matthew ^b   Atack, Nikki E ^a   Ewings, Paul ^c   Sherriff, Martyn ^a   Sandy, Jonathan R ^a   Ireland, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Private Practice   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER NITI; DENTAL ALLOY; ELASTOMER; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NICKELIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC BRACKET; ORTHODONTIC WIRE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; BICUSPID; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COPPER; DENTAL ALLOYS; ELASTOMERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NICKEL; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC SPACE CLOSURE; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; STAINLESS STEEL; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 84899761919     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.12.024     Document Type: Article

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