Correction of skeletal Class II-anterior deep bite and prominent chin by forced surgical rotation of the mandible

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-351

  Mommaerts, Maurice Y ^a   López Arcas, José M ^a,b   Schurmans, Anne Mie ^c  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

^b Hospital la Moraleja   (Spain)

^c Zoutleeuw and Sint Truiden ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chin; Mandible; Maxillofacial abnormalities; Osteotomy: malocclusion, angle Class II

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE OSTEOTOMY; MANDIBLE RECONSTRUCTION; ORTHODONTICS; PROMINENT CHIN; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; CHIN; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; OPEN BITE; OSTEOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; ROTATION;

CHIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; OPEN BITE; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; OSTEOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; ROTATION;

EID: 77953119761     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.08.041     Document Type: Article

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