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

Vertical Dimension and Freeway Space
A Kinesiographic Study

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Page Range: 145 – 154
DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1987)057<0145:VDAFS>2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

A statistical correlation is found between the S–N/mandibular plane angle and clinical freeway space, but there was no correlation after TENS stimulation. The S–N/MP angle did not prove to be a reliable predictor of freeway space.

Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists

Contributor Notes

Peter Konchak is Associate Professor in the Division of Orthodontics at the University of Saskatchewan College of Dentistry in Saskatoon. He holds a D.D.S. degree from the University of Toronto, Diploma in Paedodontics from the University of Toronto, and Diploma in Orthodontics from the University of Alberta

Norman Thomas is Professor in the Division of Oral Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, at the University of Alberta at Edmonton. He holds B.Sc., B.D.S., and Ph.D. degrees, and a Certificate in Oral Pathology

Dennis Lanigan is Associate Professor in the Department of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He holds D.M.D. and M.D. degrees, and a Certificate in Oral Surgery

Richard Devon is Assistant Professor in the Department of Oral Biology at the College of Dentistry at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. He holds B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees

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