Fig. 2From: Mechanical strength of stainless steel and titanium alloy mini-implants with different diameters: an experimental laboratory studyFlowchart of MI sample distribution. Five hundred and four self-drilling, tapered, 8-mm-long MIs with diameters ranging in increments of 0.1 mm from 1.2 to 1.8 mm (Fig. 1) was made of SS (252 MIs) and TA (252 MIs)Back to article page