Guidance of eruption for general practitioners.
The principle of early treatment through well-planned extraction of primary teeth followed by removal of permanent teeth has stood the test of time. The objective of this article is to develop some simple guidelines for general dental practitioners to perform 'guidance of eruption' in malocclusion with severe crowding.
Ngan
Peter W
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West Virginia University, Department of Orthodontics, Health Science Center North, Morgantown 26506, USA. pngan@hsc.wvu.edu
Kao
Elizabeth C
EC
Wei
Stephen H
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D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D005792:General Practice, Dental; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique; D012016:Reference Values; D012690:Serial Extraction; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000601:surgery