Assessment of anterior face height in a native African sample

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-201

  Dandajena, Tarisai C ^a   Chung, Kyung W ^a   Nanda, Ram S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; NEGRO; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; TOOTH OCCLUSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; OPEN BITE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERTICAL DIMENSION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33746782175     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2004.11.039     Document Type: Article

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