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Mandibular morphology in monozygotic twins: a cephalometric study.
Stomatologija - 1 Jan 2014
Šidlauskas Mantas, Šalomskienė Loreta, Andriuškevičiūtė Irena, Šidlauskienė Monika, Labanauskas Žygimantas, Šidlauskas Antanas
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BACKGROUND: The understanding of relative effects of genetics and environmental factors on mandible growth would increase effectiveness of orthodontic therapy and treatment planning. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether the skeletal morphology of mandible is phenotypically alike in two individuals in a pair of young adult monozygotic (MZ) twins. METHODS: The 90 twin pairs were classified as MZ by 15...
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