Influence of treatment with and without extractions on the growth pattern of dolichofacial patients

• Main Authors: Vanessa Scherer Porto (Author), José Fernando Castanha Henriques (Author), Guilherme Janson (Author), Marcos Roberto de Freitas (Author), Arnaldo Pinzan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this retrospective study was to compare, by means of lateral cephalograms, the facial growth pattern changes due to the treatment with and without extractions of four first premolars in dolichofacial individuals. METHODS: Groups 1 and 2 were constituted of 23 dolichofacia...