Relapse tendency after orthodontic correction of upper front teeth retained with a bonded retainer

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 570-576

  Naraghi, Sasan ^a,d   Andrén, Anders ^b   Kjellberg, Heidrun ^c   Mohlin, Bengt Olof ^c  

^a County Orthodontic Clinic in Växjö ^*  (Sweden)

^b The County Orthodontic Clinic in Mariestad   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Orthodontic Clinic   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crowding; Incisors; Irregularity; Retention; Rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745976465     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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