Maxillofacial morphological factors related to acceleration of maxillary growth attributed to facial mask treatment: a structural superimposition study

Abstract Background Anatomical textbooks mention that the contact between the pterygoid process and the palatine’s pyramidal process is not a “suture” but “conjugation.”.The aim was to evaluate the maxillofacial morphological factor responding most to the orthopedic force of facial mask treatment, u...

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Main Authors: Takashi S. Kajii, Yui Sakaguchi, Yoshihiko Sawa, Sachio Tamaoki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-01-01
Series:Progress in Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40510-018-0254-9