Posttreatment changes after successful correction of Class II malocclusions with the Twin Block appliance

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-33

  Mills, Christine M ^a   McCulloch, Kara J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; RECURRENCE; TOOTH MIGRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034223418     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2000.104902     Document Type: Article

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