Open AccessThe effect of temperature on the mechanical behavior of nickel-titanium orthodontic initial archwires
Author(s) -
Luca Lombardo,
Giorgia Toni,
Filippo Stefai,
Francesco Mollica,
M. GUARNERI,
Gíuseppe Siciliani
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the angle orthodontist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1945-7103
pISSN - 0003-3219
DOI - 10.2319/040612-287.1
Subject(s) - materials science , nickel titanium , composite material , deflection (physics) , plateau (mathematics) , titanium , metallurgy , shape memory alloy , mathematics , mathematical analysis , optics , physics
To investigate and compare the characteristics of commonly used types of traditional and heat-activated initial archwires at different temperatures by plotting their load/deflection graphs and quantifying three parameters describing the discharge plateau phase.
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