Maxillary retention: Is longer better?

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-69

  Destang, D L ^a   Kerr, W J S ^a  

^a GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; TIME; TOOTH ARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CUSPID; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS I; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MAXILLA; MOLAR; ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS; RECURRENCE; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH MOVEMENT;

EID: 0038283980     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/25.1.65     Document Type: Article

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