• Medicine
• Published in
  American journal of…
  2001
• DOI:10.1067/mod.2001.118104

A useful insight into 2 occlusal indexes: HLD(Md) and HLD(CalMod).

@article{Han2001AUI,
  title={A useful insight into 2 occlusal indexes: HLD(Md) and HLD(CalMod).},
  author={Hye Ree Han and William M. Davidson},
  journal={American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics},
  year={2001},
  volume={120 3},
  pages={
          247-53
        }
}

• Hye Ree Han, William M. Davidson

Maryland and California are among the states that have adopted the Handicapping Labiolingual Deviation (HLD) Index to determine eligibility for public funding of orthodontic treatment. As a result of several lawsuits against the state, California has developed and employed a modification of that index, called the HLD(CalMod) index. This study compared and contrasted the effects of analyzing prospective patients with the HLD(Md)-the HLD index as used in Maryland-and the HLD(CalMod) indexes. The… CONTINUE READING

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