Initial orthodontic alignment effectiveness with self-ligating and conventional appliances: A network meta-analysis in practice

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 145, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2014, Pages

  Pandis, Nikolaos ^a,b,c   Fleming, Padhraig S ^d   Spineli, Loukia M ^c   Salanti, Georgia ^c  

^a Private Practice   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; STATISTICS;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84897459698     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.12.016     Document Type: Editorial

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