Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Jan 1988
Calculating Continuous Archwire Forces
Calculating Continuous Archwire Forces
Page Range: 59 – 70
Abstract
A method for evaluating the forces applied by a continuous archwire on all of the teeth engaged by the wire. A demonstration analysis shows that force is delivered to all of the teeth engaged by the archwire, even when only one tooth is out of alignment with the passive arch.
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists
Contributor Notes
Dr. Drenker is in the private practice of orthodontics in Twin Falls, Idaho. He holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering from the University of Nebraska, and D.D.S. and M.S.D in Orthodontics from the same institution