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Effects Of Extraction Versus Non Extraction In Orthodontic Treatment On Buccal Corridor Ratio (Bcr), Emad Hussein, Sari Amer, Mohammad Abu Mowais, Nezar Watted, Stathis Effstathiou
Effects Of Extraction Versus Non Extraction In Orthodontic Treatment On Buccal Corridor Ratio (Bcr), Emad Hussein, Sari Amer, Mohammad Abu Mowais, Nezar Watted, Stathis Effstathiou
Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث
Objective: To compare the influence of dental extractions to non-extraction orthodontic treatment on smile fullness and buccal corridor ratio (BCR).
Materials and Methods: 47 subjects from a university archive had pre- and post-treatment standardized extraoral diagnostic clinical photographs, randomly selected and distributed according to having undergone extractions (Group 1, n=24, 22 females and 2 males, mean age =20.5 ±5 years) pre-treatment, (Group 3, n=24, 22 females and 2 males, mean age =20.5 ±5 years) post treatment, or non-extraction (Group 2, n=23, 18 females and 5 males, mean age=20.9 ± 4 years) pre-treatment, (Group 4, n=23, 18 females and 5 males, …