Acta Med. 2013, 56: 41-46

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.22

THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF NITI CLOSED COIL SPRINGS – FORCE DEGRADATION AND FORCE REGENERATION OVER TIME, VISCOUS PROPERTIES

Aleš Bezrouka, Libor Balskýb, Martin Smutnýa, Tomáš Noseka, Jiří Záhoraa, Josef Hanuša, Richard Polmaa

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic: Department of Medical Biophysics
bPrivate orthodontist, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

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