Reproducibility of airway dimensions and tongue and hyoid positions on lateral cephalograms

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-516

  Malkoc, Siddik ^a   Usumez, Serdar ^b   Nur, Metin ^a   Donaghy, Claire E ^c  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHARYNX; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TONGUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYOID BONE; MALE; PHARYNX; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONGUE;

EID: 26444544429     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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