Self-ligation in orthodontics
By: [edited by] Theodore Eliades and Nikolaos Pandis ; forewords by Lysle E. Johnston Jr. and Larry W. White.
Contributors: Eliades, Theodore.; Pandis, Nikolaos.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405181907
Subjects: Orthodontic appliances; Brackets; Orthodontic Brackets; Ligation -- methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Background text : the importance of bracket material properties in orthodontic mechanics / Eliades, Zinelis, and Brantley; title: Biomechanics of self-ligation / Pandis, Eliades, and Bourauel; title: Background text : essentials of clinical research design / Polychronopoulou; title: Background text : determinants of tooth movement / Basdra; title: Efficiency and treatment outcome with self-ligating brackets / Pandis, Miles, and Eliades; title: Background text : root resorption in orthodontics / Darendeliler and Cheng; title: Root resorption with SL brackets / Mavragani, Pandis, and Eliades; title: Background text : attachment of oral microbial to dental surfaces / Smith; title: Oral microbiota alterations with SL and conventional brackets / Papaioannou, Pandis, and Eliades; title: Periodontal impact of treatment with self-ligating brackets / van Gastel ... [et al.]; title: Treatment biomechanics with self-ligating brackets / Birnie.