Reliability of adenoid hypertrophy diagnosis by cephalometric radiography
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diagnosis of nasopharyngeal obstruction by lateral cephalometric radiography
statement of problem: nasopharyngeal obstruction by adenoid enlargement is one of the main causes of mouth breathing. diagnostic indices of nasopharyngeal obstruction by lateral cephalometric radiography are controversial. purpose: the purpose of this study was to diagnose the nasopharyngeal obstruction by means of lateral cephalometric radiography. materials and methods: in this research two g...
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عنوان ژورنال: RGO - Revista Gaúcha de Odontologia
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1981-8637,0103-6971
DOI: 10.1590/1981-8637201400030000071762