Comparative Evaluation between Two Measurement Methods of Dental Width

Ana Tereza Ferreira GUIDO, Ione Helena Vieira Portella BRUNHARO, Marco Antonio de Oliveira ALMEIDA, Raquel Hallack Wildberger TIBANA, Sandra de PAULA

Two measurement methods of dental diameters used to estimate dental discrepancies in orthodontics casts were compared. The digital paquimeter and a specific computer program were used to obtain the dental widths. It was observed no significant difference in the sum of measurement of dental widths, in spite of some teeth present significative differences.

Keywords: Dental Width. Paquimeter. Computer.

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