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Mechanical properties of orthodontic nickel-titanium open coil springs /

Alaa Fraeg Othman Hasanain

Mechanical properties of orthodontic nickel-titanium open coil springs / الخواص الحركية لزنبرك النيكل-تيتانيوم المستخدمه في تقويم الأسنان Alaa Fraeg Othman Hasanain ; Supervised Ahmed Abdelsalam Eid , Fouad Aly Elsharaby - Cairo : Alaa Fraeg Othman Hasanain , 2012 - 89 Leaves : charts ; 30cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Orthodontics

The aim of this study was to compare and quantify the mechanical properties of commercially available nickel-titanium open coil springs supplied by five different companies. Sixteen groups of springs, each comprised ten springs (totally 160 springs) from five manufactures were tested 4 times over a 4 week period. A universal testing machine was used to measure the force characteristics when the springs were compressed to half of their original length and then when gradually allowed to decompress



Mechanical Nickel-titanium Orthodontic