Mandibular asymmetry in healthy children

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-172

  Liukkonen, Maija ^a   Sillanmäki, Lauri ^a   Peltomäki, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Mandible; Mandibular Condyle; Orthopantomogram

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLAR; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 20944451135     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350510019928     Document Type: Article

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