Effects of four premolar extractions on vermilion height and lip area during a posed smile in patients with bimaxillary protrusion

Trisnawaty Nety; Ioi Hideki; Kitahara Toru; Suzuki Akira; Takahashi Ichiro

doi:10.2478/aoj-2013-0021

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Nov 2013)

Effects of four premolar extractions on vermilion height and lip area during a posed smile in patients with bimaxillary protrusion

Trisnawaty Nety,
Ioi Hideki,
Kitahara Toru,
Suzuki Akira,
Takahashi Ichiro

Affiliations

Trisnawaty Nety: 1Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Ioi Hideki: 1Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Kitahara Toru: 1Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Suzuki Akira: 1Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Takahashi Ichiro: 1Section of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2013-0021
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 2
pp. 176 – 183

Abstract

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of four premolar extractions and orthodontic treatment on changes to the lips and vermilion height during a posed smile.

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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