Open AccessCorticotomy-assisted retraction: An outcome assessment
Author(s) -
S Vijayashri Sakthi,
B. Vikraman,
V R Shobana,
Subramania Iyer,
N. Krishnaswamy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.152191
Subject(s) - corticotomy , medicine , maxilla , molar , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , orthodontics , botany , biology , genus
To assess the efficiency and treatment outcome of patients treated with corticotomy-assisted en-masse orthodontic retraction as compared with the en-masse retraction without corticotomy.