Bite force in pre-orthodontic children with unilateral crossbite
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Bite force in children with unilateral crossbite before and after orthodontic treatment. A prospective longitudinal study.
In this prospective, longitudinal study, bite force was examined in children with a unilateral posterior crossbite before (stage 1), immediately after orthodontic treatment (stage 2), and after retention (stage 3). The sample comprised 19 (7 girls, 12 boys) children aged 7-11 years. The children were treated according to conventional practice, with an expansion plate (seven subjects) or a quadh...
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عنوان ژورنال: The European Journal of Orthodontics
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0141-5387,1460-2210
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/23.6.741