Progress in Orthodontics
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 100-106 , November 2011

Dentition phase and chronological age in relation to gingival crevicular fluid alkaline phosphatase activity in growing subjects

  • Giuseppe Perinetti

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Orthodontic Program, Department of Biomedicine, School of Dentistry, University of Trieste, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Struttura Complessa di Clinica Odontoiatrica e Stomatologica, Ospedale Maggiore, piazza Ospitale 1 - 34129 Trieste, Italy.
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  • Tiziano Baccetti

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Florence, Italy, and Thomas M. Graber Visiting Scholar, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
    • ,
  • Bruno Di Leonardo

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Orthodontic Program, Department of Biomedicine, School of Dentistry, University of Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • Roberto Di Lenarda

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedicine, School of Dentistry, University of Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • Luca Contardo

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedicine, School of Dentistry, University of Trieste, Italy

Received 11 April 2011 ,Accepted 14 April 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pio.2011.04.002

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Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 100-106 , November 2011

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