Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of noninvasive measurement of the ANB angle using photographic and ultrasonographic methods. Methods: Twenty consecutive orthodontic patients were evaluated. The ANB angle and soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, and B cephalometric points were measured by lateral teleradiography; these measurements were made by two expert operators. The soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, and B cephalometric points was measured by ultrasonography; these measurements were also made by two expert operators. On a 1:1 photographic profile print on which the ultrasonographic points were marked, the ANB ultrasonographic angle was measured. The following comparisons were considered: averaged and single measurements of N, A, and B points by first versus second ultrasonographer; averaged and single ultrasonographic versus radiographic soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, B points; and averaged and single ultrasonographic versus radiographic measurements of ANB angle. Results: High correlation and concordance of the averaged and single measurements, but no significant difference, was found between the two ultrasonographers. No statistically significant difference was found between the two methods for measuring averaged soft tissue thickness, but a 20% difference was found for the single measurements. High correlation and concordance between the ultrasonographic and radiographic measurements, but no significant difference, was found between the single and averaged ANB angle measurements. Conclusion: Ultrasonography seems to be a noninvasive and reliable technique for measurement of the ANB angle and may replace radiographic measurement in some cases.

Combined photographic and ultrasonographic measurement of the ANB angle: a pilot study / DI BLASIO, Alberto; DI BLASIO, Chiara; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Cassi, Diana; Magnifico, Marisabel; Manfredi, Edoardo; Gandolfini, Mauro. - In: ORAL RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0911-6028. - 33:3(2017), pp. 212-218. [10.1007/s11282-017-0275-y]

Combined photographic and ultrasonographic measurement of the ANB angle: a pilot study

DI BLASIO, Alberto;DI BLASIO, Chiara;PEDRAZZI, Giuseppe;CASSI, Diana;MAGNIFICO, MARISABEL;MANFREDI, Edoardo;GANDOLFINI, Mauro
2017-01-01

Abstract

Objective: This study was performed to evaluate the feasibility of noninvasive measurement of the ANB angle using photographic and ultrasonographic methods. Methods: Twenty consecutive orthodontic patients were evaluated. The ANB angle and soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, and B cephalometric points were measured by lateral teleradiography; these measurements were made by two expert operators. The soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, and B cephalometric points was measured by ultrasonography; these measurements were also made by two expert operators. On a 1:1 photographic profile print on which the ultrasonographic points were marked, the ANB ultrasonographic angle was measured. The following comparisons were considered: averaged and single measurements of N, A, and B points by first versus second ultrasonographer; averaged and single ultrasonographic versus radiographic soft tissue thickness covering the N, A, B points; and averaged and single ultrasonographic versus radiographic measurements of ANB angle. Results: High correlation and concordance of the averaged and single measurements, but no significant difference, was found between the two ultrasonographers. No statistically significant difference was found between the two methods for measuring averaged soft tissue thickness, but a 20% difference was found for the single measurements. High correlation and concordance between the ultrasonographic and radiographic measurements, but no significant difference, was found between the single and averaged ANB angle measurements. Conclusion: Ultrasonography seems to be a noninvasive and reliable technique for measurement of the ANB angle and may replace radiographic measurement in some cases.
2017
Combined photographic and ultrasonographic measurement of the ANB angle: a pilot study / DI BLASIO, Alberto; DI BLASIO, Chiara; Pedrazzi, Giuseppe; Cassi, Diana; Magnifico, Marisabel; Manfredi, Edoardo; Gandolfini, Mauro. - In: ORAL RADIOLOGY. - ISSN 0911-6028. - 33:3(2017), pp. 212-218. [10.1007/s11282-017-0275-y]
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