Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 149-158 , September 2009

Long-term stability of an adult Class III open-bite malocclusion treated with multiloop edgewise archwire

  • Chien-Chun Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, Mackey Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yi-Jane Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Eddie Hsiang-Hua Lai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Chen Jane Yao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jenny Zwei-Chieng Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 1, Changde Street, Taipei 10048, Taiwan

Received 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 25 August 2009.

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PII: S1991-7902(09)60020-9

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60020-9

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 149-158 , September 2009

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