Effect of heat treatment on stainless steel orthodontic wires

This study evaluated the effect of heat treatment on CrNi stainless steel orthodontic archwires. Half of forty archwires of each thickness - 0.014" (0.35 mm), 0.016" (0.40 mm), 0.018" (0.45 mm) and 0.020" (0.50 mm) (totalling 160 archwires) - were subjected to heat treatment whil...

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Main Authors: Osmar Aparecido Cuoghi, Geraldo Francisco Kasbergen, Paulo Henrique dos Santos, Marcos Rogério de Mendonça, Pedro Marcelo Tondelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2011-04-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242011000200006