Measuring 3D shape in orthodontics through geometric morphometrics
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Measuring 3D shape in orthodontics through geometric morphometrics
BACKGROUND Geometric morphometrics (GMM) has been traditionally applied to the field of biology to study developmental differentiations between species. Orthodontics deals with the shape and size of the face and its components. While several tools have been used to measure size, proportions, and relations between anatomical components, shape has been mainly described by esthetic criteria. The p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Progress in Orthodontics
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2196-1042
DOI: 10.1186/s40510-017-0194-9