Treatment of skeletal open bite with a device for rapid molar intrusion: A preliminary report

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 736-746

  Carano, Aldo ^a,b,c   Siciliani, Giuseppe ^a   Bowman, S Jay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mechanics; Open bite; Rapid molar intrusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 24744439553     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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