An appliance designed for experimental mandibular hyperpropulsion in rats

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Tsolakis, A I ^a   Spyropoulos, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; RUBBER; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EATING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACIAL BONE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; WISTAR RAT;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ANIMALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EATING; FACIAL BONES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MOVEMENT; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; ORTHODONTIC BRACKETS; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUBBER; STAINLESS STEEL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031066206     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/19.1.1     Document Type: Article

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