The effect of different environmental factors on force degradation of three common systems of orthodontic space closure

• Main Authors: Morteza Oshagh (Author), Farzaneh Khajeh (Author), Somayeh Heidari (Author), Sepideh Torkan (Author), Hamid Reza Fattahi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Different environmental conditions, such as high temperature or exposure to some chemical agents, may affect the force decay of different methods of space closure during orthodontic treatment. The aim of this in vitro study was to evaluate the force decay pattern in the presence of tea a...