Functional appliance treatment and stability in Class II / 1 malocclusion , and masticatory muscle characteristics 2012

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  • Gregory Stylianos Antonarakis
  • Gregory S. Antonarakis
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.................................................................................................................................................... 5 Preface....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 9 Aims............................................................................................................................................................ 17 Material and Methods............................................................................................................................. 19 Comments on Material and Methods................................................................................................... 31 Results........................................................................................................................................................ 35 General Discussion................................................................................................................................... 43 Conclusions................................................................................................................................................ 54 References................................................................................................................................................. 55 Acknowledgements.................................................................................................................................. 65 Papers I-IV................................................................................................................................................... 67

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تاریخ انتشار 2012