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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1985

Stiffness of Incisor Segments of Edgewise Arches in Torsion and Bending

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Page Range: 37 – 50
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1985)055<0037:SOISOE>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

A quantification of mean arch stiffness and force values in mass torquing of four model maxillary incisors with different Edgewise arch configurations, wire sizes and materials.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Wagner is in the private practice of orthodontics in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He is a dental graduate of the University of Tennessee (D.D.S.) and holds an M.S. in Orthodontics from Saint Louis University

Dr. Nikolai is Professor of Biomechanics in Orthodontics at the Saint Louis University Medical Center. He holds the Ph.D. degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana

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