OBJECTIVES
To investigate the composition and the microstructural and mechanical characterization of three different types of lingual brackets.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Incognito™ (3M Unitek), In-Ovation L (DENTSPLY GAC) and STb™ (Light Lingual System, ORMCO) lingual brackets were studied under the scanning electron microscope employing backscattered electron imaging and their elemental composit...