Long-term dentoskeletal effects and facial profile changes induced by bionator therapy

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-17

  Malta, Luciana Abrao ^a   Baccetti, Tiziano ^a,b   Franchi, Lorenzo ^a   Faltin Jr , Kurt ^a,c   McNamara Jr , James A ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d School of Medicine

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bionator; Cephalometrics; Class II malocclusion; Functional jaw orthopedics; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACE; FACIAL BONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; NOSE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHIN; FACE; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NOSE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; ORTHODONTIC RETAINERS; TOOTH; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 70449427756     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/031609-156.1     Document Type: Article

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