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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2026

Clinical Psychological Correlates of Malocclusion: Body Image Concerns and Oral Health-Related Quality of Life.

Emanuele Maria Merlo, Federica Sicari, Giulia Gentile, Liam Alexander MacKenzie Myles, Riccardo Nucera, Marco Portelli, Angela Militi

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Emanuele Maria MerloDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6041-9186
Federica SicariDepartment of Cognitive Sciences, Psychology, Educational and Cultural Studies (COSPECS), University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.
Giulia GentileDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.
Liam Alexander MacKenzie MylesBerkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Bracknell RG12 2UT, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7050-8112
Riccardo NuceraDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1867-9712
Marco PortelliDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.
Angela MilitiDepartment of Biomedical, Dental Science and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, 98100 Messina, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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body imageclinical psychologymalocclusionoral health-related quality of lifeorthodontics

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PMID42795738
PMCPMC13607533

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