Lubricating conditions: effects on friction between orthodontic brackets and archwires with different cross-sections

• Main Authors: Fabrício Anderson Carvalho Almeida (Author), Anna Paula Costa Ponte Sousa Carvalho Almeida (Author), Flávia Lucisano Botelho Amaral (Author), Roberta Tarkany Basting (Author), Fabiana Mantovani Gomes França (Author), Cecilia Pedroso Turssi (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Dental Press Editora, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Objective: This study investigated the effect of the condition of lubrication on the friction between brackets and NiTi archwires of different rounded cross-sections. Methods: Brackets (Roth, GAC) were affixed to a device connected to a universal testing machine into which segments of archw...