An in vitro comparison of resistance to second and third order archwire activations of three different varieties of esthetic brackets

• Main Authors: Soumya Ajith (Author), Ajith R Gowda (Author), Prashant Babaji (Author), S Shivaprakash (Author), Kuldeep Dmello (Author), Suresh S Kamble (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: When ceramic brackets were introduced as an esthetic alternative to the stainless steel brackets, it was a step ahead in the use of esthetic appliances for orthodontic treatment. Although ceramic brackets had overcome the drawbacks of the initial polycarbonate brackets such as staining a...