Relapse after orthodontic correction of maxillary median diastema: A follow-up evaluation of consecutive cases

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-263

  Shashua, Dafna ^b   Årtun, Jon ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dental spacing; Diastema; Maxillary median diastema; Relapse; Space reopening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIASTEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCISOR; INTERVIEW; LIP; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DIASTEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCISOR; INTERVIEWS; LABIAL FRENUM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH MOBILITY; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033144696     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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