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Comparative Study
. 1983 Apr;53(2):131-42.
doi: 10.1043/0003-3219(1983)053<0131:MGCPAF>2.0.CO;2.

Mandibular growth, condyle position and Fränkel appliance therapy

A A Gianelly, P Brosnan, M Martignoni, L Bernstein
Comparative Study

Mandibular growth, condyle position and Fränkel appliance therapy

A A Gianelly et al. Angle Orthod. 1983 Apr.

Abstract

A statistical evaluation of condyle position and mandibular length changes in 10 patients after one year of Fränkel appliance therapy, finding the condyle forward on the eminence in 4 of them. Large variations were found in mandibular growth, with no significant difference from the means of patients treated with the Edgewise appliance.

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