Effects of clinical use and sterilization on surface topography and surface roughness of three commonly used types of orthodontic archwires

• Main Authors: Joji Isac (Author), B S Chandrashekar (Author), S Mahendra (Author), C M Mahesh (Author), Bala Mohan Shetty (Author), A V Arun (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the changes in surface topography and roughness of stainless steel (SS), nickel-titanium and beta-titanium (β-Ti) archwires after clinical use and sterilization. Settings and Design: Thirty wires each of SS, nitinol, and β-Ti (3M Unitek) were tested in as received, as received and a...