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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author wishes to acknowledge all of the individuals who assisted him with this project. He would like to thank Dr. Donald R. Oliver, Dr. Robert J. Nikolai, Dr. Ki Beom Kim, Mr. Joe Tricamo, Dr. Heidi Israel, and Dr. Binh Tran. The author would also like to thank Mr. John Sherrill and Ormco Corporation, Mr. Kevin Harrison and 3M/Unitek Corporation, Mr. Ted Reed and GAC International, and Mr. Brian Horn and American Orthodontics for supplying the brackets for this study. iii
Page 1 and 2: THE EFFECTS OF THIRD-ORDER TORQUE A
Page 3 and 4: of torque, all five attachment sets
Page 5: COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF CANDIDACY: A
Page 9 and 10: LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1: Partial O
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION The special
Page 13 and 14: CHAPTER 2: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Page 15 and 16: surfaces. 6 The magnitudes of the c
Page 17 and 18: Since the introduction to orthodont
Page 19 and 20: that the application of the Amonton
Page 21 and 22: archwires. At binding angulations,
Page 23 and 24: A phenomenon known as “cold weldi
Page 25 and 26: of round wire with the slot created
Page 27 and 28: acket and the gold-lined Luxi brack
Page 29 and 30: and wire stiffness. As bracket widt
Page 31 and 32: ligation-friction relationship. The
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Page 43 and 44: Another factor that influences brac
Page 45 and 46: References 1. Stoner MM. Force cont
Page 47 and 48: 19. Kusy RP, Whitley JQ, Ambrose WW
Page 49 and 50: 37. Kusy RP, Whitley JQ, Mayhew MJ,
Page 51 and 52: 56. Khambay B, Millett D, McHugh S.
Page 53 and 54: 75. Tecco S, Festa F, Caputi S, Tra
Page 55 and 56: 93. Thorstenson GA, Kusy RP. Effect
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Tables Table 2-1: Partial Overview
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significantly less friction than th
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optimal clinical results. Fixed-app
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self-ligating bracket systems to ma
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unconstrained rotation around the l
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surface of a tooth-crown. The const
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0.025-inch NuBryte Standard Arch st
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test-archwire in place and ligated,
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aseline values at 0 degrees of torq
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increased to only five degrees. The
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tension on one edge of the wire and
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set, when the torque angle was incr
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with active, self-ligating sets. Th
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11. Kusy RP, Whitley JQ. Effects of
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33. Andreasen GF, Quevedo FR. Evalu
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54. Downing A, McCabe JF, Gordon PH
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76. Thorstenson GA, Kusy RP. Effect
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Table 3-2: Significance levels (α
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Table 3-4: Mean differences in fric
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Figure 3-3: Control of the third-or
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Figure 3-9: Victory bracket Figure
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Figure 3-12: Cross-section diagrams
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