1. Using a specially designed cephalostat for longitudinal cephalometric studies in rats.
- Author
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da Silva HC and Cecanho R
- Subjects
- Animals, Cephalometry statistics & numerical data, Equipment Design, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Male, Observer Variation, Radiography instrumentation, Radiography methods, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Reproducibility of Results, Cephalometry instrumentation, Cephalometry veterinary, Head anatomy & histology
- Abstract
To better understand and observe craniofacial growth, researchers carry out longitudinal cephalometric studies on animals. The authors constructed a cephalostat specially designed to study craniofacial growth in rats. They describe and validate a cephalometric technique using this cephalostat. They carried out cephalometric radiography and analysis of 62 Wistar rats. By using this method, the authors were able to take repeated, reproducible intracranial, intramandibular and craniomandibular measurements of the rats. The proposed method is a useful tool for studying the craniofacial growth process.
- Published
- 2010
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