Orthodontics-surgical combination therapy for Class III skeletal malocclusion

The correction of skeletal Class III malocclusion with severe mandibular prognathism in an adult individual requires surgical and Othodontic combination therapy. The inter disciplinary approach is the treatment of choice in most of the skeletal malocclusions. A case report of an adult individual wit...

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Main Authors: M S Ravi (Author), Nillan K Shetty (Author), Rajendra B Prasad (Author)
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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