International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 593-598 , June 2010

The influence of masticatory hypofunction on developing rat craniofacial structure

  • C.Y. Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress: Chi Yang Tsai, No. 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 11042, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 2 27361661x5139; fax: +886 2 27362295/87739467.
  • ,
  • L.Y. Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • K.T. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Craniofacial Center, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Chang-Gung University, College of Medicine, Linkou, Taiwan, ROC
  • ,
  • W.C. Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Dentistry, College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University and Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
    • Department of Orthodontics, Cardinal Tien Hospital Yung Ho Branch, Taiwan, ROC

,Accepted 5 February 2010.

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 This research is based on a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of College of Oral Medicine, Taipei Medical University, in fulfillment of the requirements for the M.S. degree by Wan Chi Chiu.

PII: S0901-5027(10)00054-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.02.011

International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 39, Issue 6 , Pages 593-598 , June 2010