Dr. Giuseppe Perinetti comments on Dr. Nozomi Maeda, et al.'s article (pps. 194-203) in CRANIO's July, 2011 issue.

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Dear Editor: I am writing to comment on the paper entitled: "Effects of experimental leg length discrepancies on body posture and dental occlusion" by Maeda, et al. that just appeared in CRANIO (July, 2011). This is a controlled study showing that immediate effects of experimental leg length inequality exist on both body posture and dental occlusion. At first glance, the study appears interesting and well conducted, but after a more accurate reading, one wonders if the interpretation of the results can be truly considered unbiased, or if important aspects related to the correlations between the masticatory system and body posture have been missed.