Cephalometric study of posterior airway space in patients affected by class II occlusion and treated with orthognathic surgery

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-259

  De Ponte, Francesco Saverio ^a,b   Brunelli, Alessandra ^a   Marchetti, Emanuele ^a   Bottini, Davide Johan ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Class II occlusion; Orthognathic surgery; PAS

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; MAXILLOFACIAL DISORDER; MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY; MIDFACE HYPOPLASIA; OROPHARYNX; ORTHODONTICS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOFT PALATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEMETRY; TONGUE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032901533     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001665-199905000-00014     Document Type: Article

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