Comparative photoelastic study of dental and skeletal anchorages in the canine retraction

OBJECTIVE: To compare dental and skeletal anchorages in mandibular canine retraction by means of a stress distribution analysis. METHODS: A photoelastic model was produced from second molar to canine, without the first premolar, and mandibular canine retraction was simulated by a rubber band ti...

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Main Authors: Cristiane Aparecida de Assis Claro, Rosana Villela Chagas, Ana Christina Elias Claro Neves, Laís Regiane da Silva-Concílio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Press Editora 2014-01-01
Series:Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512014000100100&lng=en&tlng=en