Long-term treatment effectiveness of molding helmet therapy in the correction of posterior deformational plagiocephaly: A five-year follow-up

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-245

  Lee, Robert P ^a   Teichgraeber, John F ^b   Baumgartner, James E ^b   Waller, Amy L ^b   English, Jeryl D ^a   Lasky, Robert E ^a   Miller, Charles C ^b   Gateno, Jaime ^b,c,d   Xia, James J ^b,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Surgical Planning Laboratory   (United States)

^f University of Health Science Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Long term effectiveness; Molding helmet therapy; Posterior deformational plagiocephaly

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOPLASTY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELMET; HUMAN; INFANT; JAW MALFORMATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHODONTICS; PLAGIOCEPHALY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL MALFORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44649107756     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/06-210.1     Document Type: Article

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