Discriminative thresholds of cephalometric indexes in the subjective evaluation of facial asymmetry

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 609-613

  Masuoka, Naoya ^a   Muramatsu, Atsushi ^a   Ariji, Yoshiko ^b   Nawa, Hiroyuki ^b   Goto, Shigemi ^b   Ariji, Eiichiro ^b  

^a ASAHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34247626117     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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