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[The three-dimensional nonlinear finite element analysis of force system of the "rocking-chair archwire"]

Li Chen1, Ding Zhang, Min-kui Fu

  • 1Department of Orthodontics, Beijing Hospital for Stomatology, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100050, China.

Zhonghua Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi = Zhonghua Kouqiang Yixue Zazhi = Chinese Journal of Stomatology
|June 16, 2004
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