Upper airway dimensions in class II malocclusion: Effects of headgear treatment

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1046-1053

  Kirjavainen, Mirja ^a,c   Kirjavainen, Turkka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Angle Class II; Cephalometry; Headgear; Malocclusion; Orthodontic; Upper airway

Indexed keywords

EID: 37649025180     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/081406-332     Document Type: Article

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