Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 120-126 , June 2006

Bite Force and Occlusion

  • Merete Bakke

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Merete Bakke, DDS, PhD, Department of Oral Medicine, Clinical Oral Physiology, Oral Pathology & Anatomy, School of Dentistry, University of Copenhagen, 20 Nørre Allé, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark. Phone: 45-35 326 554; Fax: 45-35 326 569

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PII: S1073-8746(06)00006-5

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2006.01.005

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 120-126 , June 2006

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