Self-Ligation in Orthodontics is a major new text that reviews, analyses and clarifies the currently available peer-reviewed evidence on a number of applications of this technology, espousing diverse perspectives to make this a unique scientific resource on self-ligation.
Contributors Foreword (Lysle E. Johnston, Jr).
Foreword (Larry W. White).
Preface
Acknowledgments
Dedication
Introduction
Development of Light Force Orthodontics: the Original Pin-a-slot Appliance as Ancestor to Modern Brackets (Jeffrey S. Thompson and William J.Thompson ).
Introduction
Pin-a-slot appliances
1 Historical Aspects and Evolution of Ligation and Appliances (Nigel Harradine).
Introduction
Early ligatures
Elastomeric ligatures
Begg pins
Self-ligation
THE MATERIALS SCIENCE AND BIOMECHANICS OF SELF-LIGATION
2 The Significance of Bracket Material Properties in Orthodontic Mechanics (Theodore Eliades, Spiros Zinelis and William A. Brantley).
Introduction
Bracket base
Wings
Base–wing joint
Bracket slot
3 Biomechanics of Self-Ligation: Analysis of Forces and Moments Exerted by Self-ligating Brackets (Nikolaos Pandis, Theodore Eliades and Christoph Bourauel).
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