Quality improvement of cleft lip and palate treatment

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 265-268

  Prahl Andersen, Birte ^a   Ju, Qiao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b West China Medical School   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft lip and palate treatment; Craniofacial malformations; Dental arch relationship; Goslon yardstick; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644639866     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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