Treatment and post-treatment effects of facemask therapy on the sagittal pharyngeal dimensions in Class III subjects

European Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-350

  Baccetti, Tiziano ^a   Franchi, Lorenzo ^a   Mucedero, Manuela ^b   Cozza, Paola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; TOOTH OCCLUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVATOR APPLIANCES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHIN; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 77952970806     PISSN: 01415387     EISSN: 14602210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjp092     Document Type: Article

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