Quantitative description of the morphology of the human palate by a mathematical equation

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 396-401

  Ferrario, Virgilio F ^a,b   Sforza, Chiarella ^a   Schmitz, Johannes H ^a   Colombo, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Anatomia Umana Normale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human; Mathematical model; Morphometry; Palate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUSPID; DATABASES; DENTAL ARCH; DENTAL MODELS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; DENTITION, PERMANENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; PALATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031692427     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(1998)035<0396:QDOTMO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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