Treatment and posttreatment skeletal effects of rapid maxillary expansion studied with low-dose computed tomography in growing subjects

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-392

  Lione, Roberta ^a   Ballanti, Fabiana ^a   Franchi, Lorenzo ^b   Baccetti, Tiziano ^b   Cozza, Paola ^c  

^a University of Florence ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL SUTURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPHENOID; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; METHODS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PALATE, HARD; RADIATION DOSAGE; SPHENOID BONE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50849144400     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.05.011     Document Type: Article

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