Effect of elastomeric ligatures on frictional forces between the archwire and orthodontic bracket

• Main Authors: Flávia Ramos Venâncio (Author), Sílvia Amélia Scudeler Vedovello (Author), Carlos Alberto Malanconi Tubel (Author), Viviane Veroni Degan (Author), Adriana Simone Lucato (Author), Letícia Nery Lealdim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim: To evaluate the frictional force between the archwire and orthodontic bracket generated by elastomeric ligatures with polymer coating (Super slick, TP Orthodontics) and conventional ligatures (Morelli) using two types of insertion techniques. Methods: Forty elastomeric ligatures, 20 with polyme...