3D analysis of smiling function in healthy people: Influence of sex and age.

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg

Laboratorio di Anatomia Funzionale dell'Apparato Stomatognatico (LAFAS), Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milano, Italy. Electronic address:

Published: January 2020

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