Effects of Decreased Occlusal Loading during Growth on the Mandibular Bone Characteristics

• Natsuko Hichijo,

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Tokushima University Graduate School of Oral Sciences, Tokushima, Japan

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• Eiji Tanaka ,

  * E-mail: etanaka@tokushima-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan, Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Nobuhiko Kawai,

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

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• Leo J. van Ruijven,

  Affiliation Department of Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Research Institute MOVE, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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• Geerling E. J. Langenbach

  Affiliation Department of Oral Cell Biology and Functional Anatomy, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Research Institute MOVE, University of Amsterdam and VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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