Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 491-497 , June 2006

Biting efficiency in relation to incisal angulation

  • Zhongquan Sui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China
    • Tel.: +852 2299 0314; fax: +852 2858 3477.
    • ,
  • Kalpana R. Agrawal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong, PR China
    • Tel.: +852 2819 9225; fax: +852 2817 0857.
    • ,
  • Harold Corke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China
    • Tel.: +852 2299 0313; fax: +852 2858 3477.
    • ,
  • Peter W. Lucas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, Hortense Amsterdam House, 2110 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 202 994 6964; fax: +1 202 994 6075.

,Accepted 7 November 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2005.11.002

Archives of Oral Biology
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 491-497 , June 2006

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