Predicting first molar width using virtual models of dental arches

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-32

  Lee, Seung Pyo ^a   Delong, Ralph ^b   Hodges, James S ^c   Hayashi, Kazuo ^d   Lee, Jae Bong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arch dimension; First molar; Prediction; Virtual model; Width

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL IMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MODEL; MOLAR TOOTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH ARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL ARCH; EDUCATION, DENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOLAR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 38149067642     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20580     Document Type: Article

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