Long-term dentoskeletal changes with the Bionator, Herbst, Twin Block, and MARA functional appliances

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-29

  Siara Olds, Nicole J ^a   Pangrazio Kulbersh, Valmy ^a,b   Berger, Jeff ^a,b   Bayirli, Burcu ^b  

^a University of Detroit Mercy ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional appliances; Long term changes; MARA

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449380308     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/020109-11.1     Document Type: Article

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