Australasian Orthodontic Journal (Dec 1983)

Animal Cephalometry — Practical Considerations

  • McKeown Maurice

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/aoj-1983-0010
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2
pp. 56 – 58

Abstract

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Although many experiments have been carried out involving radiographic cephalometry in animals, the general principles involved have rarely been discussed in publications. Increasing ethical restraints are being applied to experimental radiographic studies in man and this may inevitably lead to a much greater use of animals in orthodontic research.

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