Braces can help to treat a variety of conditions that impact your teeth and jaw. They use force to help move your teeth and jaw into new positions. This force is applied by an archwire that runs ...

Orthodontic elastomeric chains are widely employed in clinical dentistry to apply continuous forces for tooth movement. Extensive research has investigated the phenomenon of force degradation, whereby ...

When you have braces, small fixtures called brackets are attached to your teeth. A thin metal wire called an archwire runs through these brackets. The archwire is gradually adjusted to apply force, ...