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Comparative Study
. 1978 Jan;73(1):1-23.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9416(78)90098-2.

Slow maxillary expansion: skeletal versus dental response to low magnitude force in Macaca mulatta

L A Cotton
Comparative Study

Slow maxillary expansion: skeletal versus dental response to low magnitude force in Macaca mulatta

L A Cotton. Am J Orthod. 1978 Jan.

Abstract

Low-magnitude continuous force (1 to 2 pounds) was applied in a transverse direction to the palatal vault and posterior teeth of three rhesus monkeys to assess linear and angular changes of the maxilla versus those of the maxillary posterior teeth.

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