Treatment of adult facial asymmetry with orthodontic therapy or orthognathic surgery: Receiver operating characteristic analysis

Background/purpose: Not all adult facial asymmetry patients are candidates for surgical correction, therefore patient assessment and selection remain major issues in diagnosis and treatment planning. This study investigated cephalometric variables for distinguishing between adult patients requiring...

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Main Authors: Yu-Chuan Tseng, Yi-Hsin Yang, Chin-Yun Pan, Szu-Ting Chou, Kai-Chieh Ou, Hong-Po Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Dental Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1991790213000913