Linear mandibular measurements: Comparison between orthopantomograms and lateral cephalograms

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-153

  Ongkosuwito, E M ^a,c   Dieleman, M M J ^a   Kuijpers Jagtman, A M ^b   Mulder, P G H ^a   Van Neck, J W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Craniofacial; Facial asymmetry; Mandible; Orthodontics, orthopantomography (OPT); Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOGRAPHY; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANDIBLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RELIABILITY; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY; SURGEON;

CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHODONTICS; RADIOGRAPHIC MAGNIFICATION; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, ORAL;

EID: 61849122468     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: 15451569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/07-123.1     Document Type: Article

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