Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , March 2009

Relationship between oral status and maximum bite force in preschool children

  • Ching-Ming Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 81346, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Hsin Yang

      Affiliations

    • College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tien-Yu Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Received 10 December 2008 ,Accepted 2 February 2009.

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PII: S1991-7902(09)60006-4

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60006-4

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , March 2009

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