Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 186-199 , September 2007

Recovery Growth of the Mandible After Chin Cup Therapy: Fact or Fiction

  • Hideo Mitani

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Hideo Mitani, DDS, MS, PhD, Tohoku University, Department of Orthodontics, Tsungoro 1-3-5 Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-0874, Japan.

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 Materials used in the preparation of this article were all obtained from the files of the Department of Orthodontics, Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University.

PII: S1073-8746(07)00029-1

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2007.05.002

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 186-199 , September 2007

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