Early treatment versus late treatment Class II closed bite malocclusion

General Dentistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-434

  Carapezza, Leonard ^a,b  

^a School of Dental Medicine ^*

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TIME;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DENTITION, MIXED; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH MOVEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2142822362     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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