Dental maturation in short and long facial types: Is there a difference?

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 768-772

  Jamroz, Gosia M B ^a   Kuijpers Jagtman, Anne Marie ^a   Van't Hof, Martin A ^a   Katsaros, Christos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dental maturation; Facial type

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748573999     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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