The form of the human dental arch

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-36

  Braun, Stanley ^a   Hnat, William P ^a   Fender, Dana E ^a   Legan, Harry L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Arch form; Beta function; Mathematical formula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DENTAL CARE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH ARCH;

DENTAL ARCH; DENTAL MODELS; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031992811     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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