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Davender Kumar1, Vinay Dua2, Rajat Mangla2

  • 1Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.

Indian Journal of Dentistry
|July 20, 2016
PubMed
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Keywords:
Archwireconventional ligationfrictionlow-friction biomechanicsself-ligating bracket

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