Transverse maxillary deficiency in class II and class III malocclusions: A cephalometric and morphometric study on postero-anterior films

Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-28

  Franchi, Lorenzo ^a,b   Baccetti, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalometrics; Class III; Maxillary deficiency; Thin plate spline analysis; Transverse dimension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH ARCH;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MAXILLA; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 14544272872     PISSN: 16016335     EISSN: 16016343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2004.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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