Frictional resistance of self-ligating versus conventional brackets in different bracket-archwire-angle combinations

• Main Authors: Maria Regina Guerra MONTEIRO (Author), Licinio Esmeraldo da SILVA (Author), Carlos Nelson ELIAS (Author), Oswaldo de Vasconcellos VILELLA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To compare the influence of archwire material (NiTi, beta-Ti and stainless steel) and brackets design (self-ligating and conventional) on the frictional force resistance. Material and Methods: Two types of brackets (self-ligating brackets - Smartclip, 3M/Unitek - and conventional brackets...