Geometric Morphometrics of Maxillofacial Anatomy, Growth and Anomalies: Clinical and Research Application

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Author Details : Kusum Lata Agarwal*, Mani Dwivedi, Ram Autar, Shantanu Khattri, Madhvi Bhardwaj

Volume : 3, Issue : 2, Year : 2019

Article Page : 26-32

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jco.2019.015

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Abstract

Morphometrics is used to describe the size, shape and form of any object as well as organisms or a part of organism. Geometric morphometrics is the quantitative representation and analysis of morphological shape using geometric coordinates instead of measurements. The use of geometric morphometrics in clinical orthodontics is to accurately locate the landmark matrices of each of the individuals into morphometric space created around the consensus .The relative location in this space, defined by the two main components explaining biggest shape variation within a given population , represents , the skeletodental diagnosis . Thus, the morphometrics distance of each case will be indicative of the clinical severity of case. Therefore, each diagnostic case would have a precise location into morphometrics space in relation to its expression of skeletal malocclusion as well as its expression of skeletal vertical pattern. Thus this article aims to review the application of geometric morphometrics: clinical and research; in an effort to provide a better understanding of the subject for an interpretation that will stimulate researches in this field of study.

Keywords: Geometric Morphometrics, Maxillofacial Anatomy, Growth, Anomalies.

How to cite : Agarwal K L, Dwivedi M, Autar R, Khattri S, Bhardwaj M, Geometric Morphometrics of Maxillofacial Anatomy, Growth and Anomalies: Clinical and Research Application. J Contemp Orthod 2019;3(2):26-32

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