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Early Treatment of Open Bite Problems

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The normalization of functional disturbances is one of the main objectives that need to be achieved during early orthodontic treatment.

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  1. Department of Orthodontics, Maimonides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Julia Harfin

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  1. Department of Orthodontics, Maimonides University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Julia Harfin

  2. Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Somchai Satravaha

  3. Department of Orthodontics, University Paulista – UNIP, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

    Kurt Faltin Jr

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Harfin, J. (2017). Early Treatment of Open Bite Problems. In: Harfin, J., Satravaha, S., Faltin Jr, K. (eds) Clinical Cases in Early Orthodontic Treatment . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46251-6_3

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