A Comparative Study of Caucasian and Japanese Mandibular Clinical Arch Forms

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-200

  Nojima, Kunihiko ^a,c   McLaughlin, Richard P ^b   Isshiki, Yasushige ^a   Sinclair, Peter M ^b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle classification; Dental arch form; Ethnic difference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; TOOTH ARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; DENTAL ARCH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE;

EID: 0035380802     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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