How to achieve proper overbite—Lessons from natural dentoalveolar compensation

Background/purpose: To identify how dentoalveolar changes compensate for proper overbite in extreme vertical facial patterns. Materials and methods: Lateral cephalometric roentgenograms of preorthodontic adult patients with hyperdivergent (n = 49; SN-mandibular plane (MP) angle greater than 38 degre...

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Main Authors: Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang, Wen-Chung Chang, Kuang-Ho Chen, Yunn-Jy Chen, Yi-Jane Chen, Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai, Chung-Chen Jane Yao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790213000342