Progress in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , November 2011

Mixed dentition space analysis for a northern italian population: new regression equations for unerupted teeth

  • Giulio Alessandri Bonetti

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University of Bologna, Department of Orthodontics, via S. Vitale 59 - 40125 Bologna, Italy.
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  • Silvia Verganti

      Affiliations

    • Resident, University of Bologna, Italy
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  • Matteo Zanarini

      Affiliations

    • Resident, University of Bologna, Italy
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  • Stefano Bonetti

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, University of Brescia, Italy
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  • Maria R. Gatto

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy

Received 12 October 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 2011.

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PII: S1723-7785(11)00005-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pio.2011.02.001

Progress in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 94-99 , November 2011