Can cephalometric indices and subjective evaluation be consistent for facial asymmetry?

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 651-655

  Masuoka, Naoya ^a   Momoi, Yutaka ^a   Ariji, Yoshiko ^a   Nawa, Hiroyuki ^a   Muramatsu, Atsushi ^a   Goto, Shigemi ^a   Ariji, Eiichiro ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Cephalograph; Face; Subjective evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; ORTHODONTICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICS;

EID: 21644486185     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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