The reliability of using postero-anterior cephalometry and cone-beam CT to determine transverse dimensions in clinical practice

Tai Benjamin; Goonewardene Mithran Suresh; Murray Kevin; Koong Bernard; Islam Syed Mohammed Shamsul

doi:10.2478/aoj-2014-0010

Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Nov 2014)

The reliability of using postero-anterior cephalometry and cone-beam CT to determine transverse dimensions in clinical practice

Tai Benjamin,
Goonewardene Mithran Suresh,
Murray Kevin,
Koong Bernard,
Islam Syed Mohammed Shamsul

Affiliations

Tai Benjamin: 1Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Goonewardene Mithran Suresh: 1Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Murray Kevin: 2School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Koong Bernard: 1Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
Islam Syed Mohammed Shamsul: 1Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-2014-0010
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 30, no. 2
pp. 132 – 142

Abstract

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Aim: This study primarily aimed to assess the accuracy of classically-advocated reference points for the measurement of transverse jaw-base and dental relationships using conventional Postero-Anterior Cephalometry (PAC) and Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT).

Published in Australasian Orthodontic Journal

ISSN: 2207-7480 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: https://sciendo.com/it/journal/AOJ

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