Open AccessActive and passive self-ligation—a myth?
Author(s) -
Lorenz Brauchli,
Christiane Senn,
Andrea Wichelhaus
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the angle orthodontist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7103
pISSN - 0003-3219
DOI - 10.2319/041310-205.1
Subject(s) - bracket , traction (geology) , instant centre of rotation , moment (physics) , rotation (mathematics) , orthodontics , materials science , mathematics , physics , geometry , structural engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering , classical mechanics , medicine
To compare the frictional behavior of several self-ligating brackets with that of normal brackets both with and without tipping force-moments and in combination with different archwire dimensions.