Rapid maxillary expansion affects the spheno-occipital synchondrosis in youngsters a study with low-dose computed tomography

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-110

  Leonardi, Rosalia ^a   Cutrera, Alice ^a   Barbato, Ersilia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Rapid maxillary expansion; Spheno occipital synchondro sis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIAL SUTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PALATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CRANIAL SUTURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PALATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE; SPHENOID BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 70449382384     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/012709-56.1     Document Type: Article

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