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Evaluation of maximal mouth opening for healthy Indian children: Percentiles and impact of age, gender, and height

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Maximal mouth opening (MMO) is used as a marker of masticatory pathology. However, MMO among children varies considerably with their age, height, sex, and race. While accurate percentile of normal mouth opening and relationship with anthropometric measurement are not precisely de...

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Autores principales: Patel, Shital M., Patel, Nehal H., Khaitan, Geet Gunjana A., Thanvi, Rashmi S., Patel, Parth, Joshi, Rajesh N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5242072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28163476
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-5950.196140