Class II Division 2 malocclusion: Genetics or environment? A case report of monozygotic twins

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-324

  Ruf, Sabine ^a   Pancherz, Hans ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class II Division 2; Etiology; Genetics; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; TWINS;

CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE;

EID: 0033173227     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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