Orthodontic Metallic Lingual Brackets: The Dark Side of the Moon of Bond Failures?

Lingual orthodontics, among both young and adult patients, increased in popularity during last years. The purposes of the present investigation were to evaluate the shear bond strength (SBS) values and Adhesive Remnant Index (ARI) scores of different lingual brackets compared with a vestibular contr...

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Main Authors: Maria Francesca Sfondrini, Paola Gandini, Andrea Gioiella, Feng Xiao Zhou, Andrea Scribante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Functional Biomaterials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/8/3/27