Is early class III protraction facemask treatment effective? A multicentre, randomized, controlled trial: 15-month follow-up

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 149-161

  Mandall, Nicky ^a   DiBiase, Andrew ^b   Littlewood, Simon ^c   Nute, Spencer ^d   Cousley, Richard ^e   Dyer, Fiona ^f   Mattick, Rye ^g   Doherty, Barbara ^a   Stivaros, Nadia ^h   McDowall, Ross ^h   Shargill, Inderjit ^h   Worthington, Helen ^h  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Sheffield Dental Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^g NEWCASTLE DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class III skeletal pattern; Early orthopaedic treatment; Protraction facemask; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PEER REVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ESTHETICS, DENTAL; EXTRAORAL TRACTION APPLIANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PEER REVIEW, HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952112298     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/14653121043056     Document Type: Article

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