Early orthodontic treatment of skeletal open-bite malocclusion with the open-bite bionator: A cephalometric study

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 595-598

  Defraia, Efisio ^a   Marinelli, Andrea ^a   Baroni, Giulia ^a   Franchi, Lorenzo ^b   Baccetti, Tiziano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OPEN BITE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTICS, INTERCEPTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 36048935352     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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