Recent developments in material science have lent themselves to improving orthodontic archwire technology. The pace of change has been great, leaving the clinician a bewildering choice of materials for the purposes of force application. The following article characterises the properties of new archwire formulations and is intended to give guidance in choosing archwire material during the first stage of orthodontic therapy.
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