Oropharyngeal Airway Dimensional Changes after Treatment with Trainer for Kids (T4K) in Class II Retrognathic Children
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1. Seoul Kids' Dental Clinic, Seoul, Republic of Korea 2. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, College of Health Sciences, Sunmoon University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea 3. Dept. of Dental Hygiene, Vision University College of Jeonju, Jeonju, Republic of Korea 4. Dept. of Pediatric Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea 5. Wonk Wang Dental Research Institute, Iksan, Republic of Korea
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Early treatment of a Class II, division 2 malocclusion with the Trainer for Kids (T4K): a case report.
This paper reports a Class II, division 2 malocclusion case successfully treated at an early age and in a relatively short period of time using the Trainer for Kids (T4K), a prefabricated functional appliance. Skeletal changes observed in the before and after treatment cephalic radiographs were compared with the expected changes produced by the patient's natural growth. The functional appliance...
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