ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I extend my deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to the following

doctors for their wonderful support in writing my thesis for masteral degree in

Orthodontics Course:

To Dr. Karla Manaloto for her understanding and encouragement in the

accomplishment of this study and also for her constructive criticism and excellent

advice.

My deeply grateful to all my panel members during the thesis Proposal and

final defense from MCU Post Graduate School of Masters of Science in Dentistry,

To Dr. Shirchie Parinas Galvan, Dr. Laraine Rowena Lumban-Andrada and

Dr. Ramil Flores for their keen supervision, invaluable suggestions and persistent

encouragement. Their wide knowledge and their logical way of thinking have been

of great value throughout this work.

My thanks to the Dean of Graduate Studies Dr.Jose A. Mallari, for his

unconditional support to all foreign Student’s .

My sincere thanks to my family and friends for standing by me during this

period and all their encouragement.