Soft tissue thickness for placement of an orthodontic miniscrew using an ultrasonic device

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 403-408

  Cha, Bong Kuen ^a   Lee, Yeon Hee ^a   Lee, Nam Ki ^a   Choi, Dong Soon ^a   Baek, Seung Hak ^b  

^a Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Attached gingiva; Orthodontic miniscrew; Palatal masticatory mucosa; Soft tissue thickness; Ultrasonic device

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449126552     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/051607-237.1     Document Type: Article

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