From conventional to self-ligating bracket systems: Is it possible to aggregate the experience with the former to the use of the latter?

• Main Authors: Anderson Capistrano (Author), Aldir Cordeiro (Author), Danilo Furquim Siqueira (Author), Leopoldino Capelozza Filho (Author), Mauricio de Almeida Cardoso (Author), Renata Rodrigues de Almeida-Pedrin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION: Orthodontics, just as any other science, has undergone advances in technology that aim at improving treatment efficacy with a view to reducing treatment time, providing patients with comfort, and achieving the expected, yet hardly attained long-term stability. The current advances in o...