Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 222-223 , September 2004

Twin-block appliance is effective for the correction of Class II Division I malocclusion during mixed dentition

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PII: S1532-3382(04)00105-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2004.07.016

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 4, Issue 3 , Pages 222-223 , September 2004

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