Success rate and efficiency of activator treatment

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 614-621

  Casutt, Christoph ^a   Pancherz, Hans ^b   Gawora, Manfred ^c   Ruf, Sabine ^b  

^a Private Practice   (Switzerland)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Private Practice   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MEDICAL RECORD; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DENTAL RECORDS; DENTITION, MIXED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36949008998     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjm066     Document Type: Article

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