Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 12 , Pages 2498-2502 , December 2008

Measurement and Interpretation of a Maxillary Occlusal Cant in the Frontal Plane

  • Srinivas M. Susarla, DMD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Susarla: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 1201, Boston, MA 02114
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  • Thomas B. Dodson, DMD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Visiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Director, Center for Applied Clinical Investigation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Leonard B. Kaban, DMD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Walter C. Guralnick Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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 This study was made possible by support from the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation Fellowship in Clinical Investigation (S.M.S.) and the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Education and Research Fund (T.B.D., S.M.S.).

PII: S0278-2391(08)01134-8

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.06.072

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 12 , Pages 2498-2502 , December 2008

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