Effects of Early Activator Treatment in Patients with Class II Malocclusion Evaluated by Thin-Plate Spline Analysis

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-126

  Lux, Christopher J ^a   Rübel, Jan ^a   Starke, Jens ^a   Conradt, Christian ^a   Stellzig, Angelika ^a   Komposch, Gerda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activator treatment; Class II malocclusion; Morphometrics; Thin plate spline analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISOR; JAW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACIAL BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035320832     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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