Progress in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , November 2011

Mesial rotation of upper first molars in Class II division 1 malocclusion in the mixed dentition: a controlled blind study

  • Veronica Giuntini

      Affiliations

    • DDS, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Florence, Italy
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  • Tiziano Baccetti

      Affiliations

    • DDS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Florence, Italy; Thomas M. Graber Visiting Scholar, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione Odontostomatologia, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Via del Ponte di Mezzo 46/48 - 50127 Firenze Italy.
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  • Efisio Defraia

      Affiliations

    • MD, DMD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Florence, Italy
    • ,
  • Paola Cozza

      Affiliations

    • MD, DMD, MS, Professor, Head, Department of Orthodontics, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy
    • ,
  • Lorenzo Franchi

      Affiliations

    • MD, DMD, Associate Professor, Department of Orthodontics, The University of Florence, Italy

Received 12 November 2010 ,Accepted 23 December 2010.

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PII: S1723-7785(11)00003-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pio.2010.12.001

Progress in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 107-113 , November 2011

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