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.
West Virginia University, Department of Orthodontics, Health Science Center North, Morgantown 26506, USA. pngan@hsc.wvu.edu
Peter W
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Ngan
Elizabeth C
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Kao
Stephen H
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Wei
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