TY - BOOK AU - Nouran Fouad Seif Eldin AU - Faten Hassain Kamel Eid , AU - Mona Mohamed Salah Eldin Fayed , AU - Nagwa Helmy Elmangoury , TI - Passive self- ligating versus conventional brackets / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Nouran Fouad Seif Eldin , KW - Passive extraction space closure KW - Self ligating KW - SmartClip N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department of Orthodontics; Issued also as CD N2 - Many advantages of the self- ligating (SL) brackets over the conventional (CL) ones have been claimed . The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effect of SmartClip SL brackets and conventional brackets on affecting the rate of passive extraction space closure by the canines and the axial inclination and tip of the teeth in extraction cases during the leveling and alignment stage UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -