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A Downing1, J F McCabe, P H Gordon.
Abstract
The effect of artificial saliva on the static and kinetic frictional forces of stainless steel (Dentaurum) and polycrystalline ceramic (Transcend) brackets in combination with 0.018-inch round and 0.019 x 0.025-inch Edgewise archwire sizes and stainless steel, nickel-titanium and beta-titanium archwire materials, under a constant ligature force were investigated. In all cases, artificial saliva had the effect of increasing the frictional force when compared with the dry state.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7786865 DOI: 10.1179/bjo.22.1.41
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Orthod ISSN: 0301-228X