Relationship between cervical lordosis and facial morphology in Caucasian women with a skeletal class II malocclusion: A cross-sectional study

Cranio - Journal of Craniomandibular and Sleep Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-129

  Festa, Felice ^b,c,d,e   Tecco, Simona ^a,c   Dolci, Marco ^c,d,f,g   Ciufolo, Fabio ^b,c   Di Meo, Silvio ^c   Filippi, Maria R ^c,h   Ferritto, Anna L ^c,h   D'Attillio, Michele ^c,g,h  

^a School of Dentistry ^*  (Italy)

^b Dept of Orthodontics and Gnathology

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^g Ital Assoc of Maxillofacial Sugery

^h UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SKULL; BODY POSTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACE; MAXILLA; NECK PAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKULL BASE;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTURE; SKULL BASE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0038166493     PISSN: 08869634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08869634.2003.11746240     Document Type: Article

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