Unilateral cross bite treated by corticotomy-assisted expansion: Two case reports

Head and Face Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Hassan, Ali H ^a   AlGhamdi, Ali T ^a   Al Fraidi, Ahmad A ^a   Al Hubail, Aziza ^a   Hajrassy, Manar K ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952297202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1746160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-160X-6-6     Document Type: Article

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