Pharyngeal airway volume and shape from cone-beam computed tomography: Relationship to facial morphology

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 805-814

  Grauer, Dan ^a   Cevidanes, Lucia S H ^a   Styner, Martin A ^b   Ackerman, James L ^a   Proffit, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OROPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CEPHALOMETRY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JAW RELATION RECORD; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749141738     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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