Effects of temporal muscle detachment and coronoidotomy on facial growth in young rats

This study analyzed the effects of unilateral detachment of the temporal muscle and coronoidotomy on facial growth in young rats. Thirty one-month-old Wistar rats were distributed into three groups: detachment, coronoidotomy and sham-operated. Under general anesthesia, unilateral detachment of the t...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Engelberg Fernandes Gomes, Rogério Bonfante Moraes, João Gualberto de Cerqueira Luz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2012-08-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242012000400011