A comparative assessment of the forces and moments generated at the maxillary incisors between conventional and self-ligating brackets using a reverse curve of Spee NiTi archwire

Sifakakis Iosif; Pandis Nikolaos; Makou Margarita; Eliades Theodore; Bourauel Christoph

doi:10.2478/aoj-2010-0021

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Dec 2023)

A comparative assessment of the forces and moments generated at the maxillary incisors between conventional and self-ligating brackets using a reverse curve of Spee NiTi archwire

Sifakakis Iosif,
Pandis Nikolaos,
Makou Margarita,
Eliades Theodore,
Bourauel Christoph

Affiliations

Sifakakis Iosif: *Department of Orthodontics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Pandis Nikolaos: †Private practice, Corfu, Greece
Makou Margarita: *Department of Orthodontics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Eliades Theodore: ±Department of Orthodontics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Bourauel Christoph: +the School of Dentistry, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2010-0021
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 2
pp. 127 – 133

Abstract

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To compare the intrusive forces and labio-palatal moments generated at the maxillary incisors by a 0.017 x 0.025 inch reverse curve NiTi wire using self-ligating and conventional brackets.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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