Treatment time, outcome, and patient satisfaction comparisons of Damon and conventional brackets

Orthodontics and Craniofacial Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 228-234

  Eberting, Jeffrey J ^a   Straja, Sorin R ^b   Tuncay, Orhan C ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute for Regulatory Science   (United States)

Author keywords

American Board of Orthodontics; Damon SL; Edgewise bracket; Patient satisfaction; Treatment outcome; Treatment time

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646461875     PISSN: 16016335     EISSN: 16016343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0544.2001.40407.x     Document Type: Article

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