Skeletal and Dentoalveolar changes concurrent to use of Twin Block appliance in Class II division i cases with a deficient mandible: A cephalometric study

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-226

  Sharma, Amit Kumar ^a   Sachdev, V ^a   Singla, A ^a   Kirtaniya, B C ^a  

^a Himachal Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

Cephalometric changes; Class II division I malocclusion; Retrognathic mandible; Twin block appliance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ESTHETICS; FACIAL BONE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NASAL BONE; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; RETROGNATHIA; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; ESTHETICS; FACIAL BONES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; NASAL BONE; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; OVERBITE; RETROGNATHIA; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872023439     PISSN: 09704388     EISSN: 19983905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.105014     Document Type: Article

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