Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 1987

Self-correction of Anterior Openbite After Glossectomy
In a young Rhesus Monkey

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Page Range: 137 – 143
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1987)057<0137:SOAOAG>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

One monkey among several normal cohorts developed an open-bite and a bizarre feeding pattern. Both disappeared spontaneouosly following a medial partial glossectomy.

Keywords: GLOSSECTOMY; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; OPENBITE; ORTHODONTICS; TONGUE
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Dr. Bernard is Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthodontics at the School of Dentistry, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

Dr. Simard-Savoie is Professor in the Department of Stomatology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, at the University of Montreal, Canada

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