The effect of the gonial angle, ramus length, age and gender on the temporomandibular opening index

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1195-1199

  Moipolai, P ^a   Karic, V V ^a   Miller, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Gonial angle; Ramus length; Temporomandibular disorders; Temporomandibular opening index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MANDIBLE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

EID: 0347479300     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2003.00974.x     Document Type: Article

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