Role of cranial base flexure in developing sagittal jaw discrepancies

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 386-391

  Klocke, Arndt ^a,c   Nanda, Ram S ^a   Kahl Nieke, Bärbel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DENTITION; HUMAN; JAW; SKULL BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTITION, PRIMARY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL BASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036780081     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mod.2002.126155     Document Type: Article

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