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Hand-wrist and cervical vertebral maturation indicators: how can these events be used to time Class II treatments? Cover

Hand-wrist and cervical vertebral maturation indicators: how can these events be used to time Class II treatments?

By: Keith Grave and  Grant Townsend  
Open Access
|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2003-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2207-7480 | Journal ISSN: 2207-7472
Language: English
Page range: 33 - 45
Submitted on: Jun 1, 2003
Accepted on: Sep 1, 2003
Published on: Dec 15, 2023
Published by: Australian Society of Orthodontists Inc.
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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