Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 165-171 , September 2010

Genetic Factors in the Etiology of Palatally Displaced Canines

  • Morgan S. Rutledge

      Affiliations

    • General Practice Residency, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY
    • ,
  • James K. Hartsfield Jr

      Affiliations

    • Professor and E. Preston Hicks and Chair Endowed in Orthodontics and Oral Health Research, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, Lexington, KY
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to James K. Hartsfield Jr, University of Kentucky College of Dentistry, 800 Rose Street, Room D416, Lexington, KY 40536-0297. Phone: (859) 323-0296

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 Supported in part by the E. Preston Hicks Endowed Chair in Orthodontics and Oral Health Research at the University of Kentucky.

PII: S1073-8746(10)00028-9

doi: 10.1053/j.sodo.2010.05.001

Seminars in Orthodontics
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 165-171 , September 2010

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