Patient experiences with the Forsus Fatigue Resistant Device

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 437-446

  Bowman, Amy C ^a   Saltaji, Humam ^b   Flores Mir, Carlos ^b   Preston, Brian ^c   Tabbaa, Sawsan ^c  

^a Private Practice Orthodontist   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Class II malocclusion; Fixed functional appliances; Orthodontics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, FUNCTIONAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84878031251     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 19457103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/081112-647.1     Document Type: Article

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