Clinical and radiographic observation of the periodontium in patients undergoing orthodontic therapy: first twenty-seven months

Twenty-two male patients from 12-14 years of age were selected prior to active orthodontic therapy at Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry's Departmant of Orthodontics. These patients were projected to undergo full-banded orthodontic treatnent. The objective of this investigation was designed as a long tenn project to document the quantitative and qualitative changes occurring in the periodontium during and following orthodontic therapy. The patients were examined for the first 9 month period by Dr. Stuart Sears and Dr. Sergio Tejedor-Leon. Relocation of two families reduced the number of patients to twenty which were examined for the second 9 nonth period by Dr. Robert E. Roe and Dr. Robert P. Rubins. [TRUNCATED]

Grantor dc:publisher

Boston University

Year dc:date.issued

1974

Authors dc:creator

• Blank, Barry S.
• McAraw, James R.

• Periodontics
• Orthodontic therapy

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• This work is being made available in OpenBU by permission of its author(s), and is available for research purposes only. All rights are reserved to the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2144/31749

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.bu.edu:2144/31749