Effect of heat treatment on stainless steel orthodontic wires

• Main Authors: Osmar Aparecido Cuoghi (Author), Geraldo Francisco Kasbergen (Author), Paulo Henrique dos Santos (Author), Marcos Rogério de Mendonça (Author), Pedro Marcelo Tondelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study evaluated the effect of heat treatment on CrNi stainless steel orthodontic archwires. Half of forty archwires of each thickness - 0.014" (0.35 mm), 0.016" (0.40 mm), 0.018" (0.45 mm) and 0.020" (0.50 mm) (totalling 160 archwires) - were subjected to heat treatment whil...