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Static frictional forces for angulations of 0° and 10° for conventional and self-ligating brackets with as-received and DLC-coated wires. Comparisons are presented for each bracket in the three types of wires. Left side, Damon Q; middle, In-Ovation; and right side, Victory brackets. * P < .0167 by Mann-Whitney U-test; ns indicates nonsignificant.
