Dental occlusion and posture: An overview

Progress in Orthodontics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Michelotti, Ambra ^a   Buonocore, Gerarda ^a   Manzo, Paolo ^a   Pellegrino, Gioacchino ^a   Farella, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body sway; Crossbite; Head posture; Malocclusion; Scoliosis; Spine curvatures

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CROSSBITE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; LORDOSIS; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; ORTHOPEDICS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

HEAD; HUMANS; MALOCCLUSION; NECK; POSTURE; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 79955148846     PISSN: 17237785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pio.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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