Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 246-256 , December 2007

Orthodontics and External Apical Root Resorption

  • Shaza K. Abass

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Paedodontics, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan
    • ,
  • James K. Hartsfield Jr

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Director of Oral Facial Genetics, Professor of Orthodontics, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Development, Indiana University School of Dentistry, and Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to James K. Hartsfield, Jr, DMD, PhD, Department of Orthodontics and Oral Facial Development, Indiana University School of Dentistry, 1121 West Michigan Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5186. Phone: 317-278-1148

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 This work was supported by Public Health Service grants T32 AR07581-60 (D. Burr) and F32 DE16543-01A1 (SKA).

PII: S1073-8746(07)00045-X

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2007.08.006

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 246-256 , December 2007

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