The effects of activator treatment on the craniofacial structures of Class II division 1 patients

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-93

  Basciftci, Faruk Ayhan ^a   Uysal, Tancan ^a   Büyükerkmen, Ahmet ^a   Sari, Zafer ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NOSE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SKULL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; ADOLESCENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MAXILLA; NOSE; SKULL; TOOTH MOVEMENT; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0038283181     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/25.1.87     Document Type: Article

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