Orthodontic treatment acceleration with corticotomy-assisted exposure of palatally impacted canines: A preliminary study

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 417-420

  Fischer, T J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotomy; Impacted canines

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248169183     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/0003-3219(2007)077[0417:OTAWCE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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