Hemimandibular elongation: treatment and long-term follow-up
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Hemimandibular elongation: treatment and long-term follow-up.
OBJECTIVE To study long-term changes in the mandibular asymmetry of patients with hemimandibular elongation (HE) treated with two-phase surgical orthodontic approach. DESIGN Descriptive clinical study. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION Private practice setting. Seven (six females) out of 47 diagnosed and treated patients for severe mandibular asymmetry were included with the following criteria:...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthodontics & Craniofacial Research
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1601-6335,1601-6343
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-6343.2008.00427.x