Effectiveness of early treatment of Class II malocclusion

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-17

  Wheeler, Timothy T ^a   McGorray, Susan P ^b   Dolce, Calogero ^a   Taylor, Marie G ^a   King, Gregory J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b University of Washington ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RACE; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036371241     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2002.120159     Document Type: Article

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