Palatal rugae change shape following orthodontic treatment: a comparison between extraction and non-extraction borderline cases using fractal analysis and 3D superimposition
Miltiadis A Makrygiannakis, Dimitrios Konstantonis, Heleni Vastardis, Athanasios E Athanasiou, Demetrios J Halazonetis · 2024
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Description
Miltiadis A Makrygiannakis and four co-authors check whether the ridges on the roof of the mouth change shape during braces treatment. These ridges, called palatal rugae, serve as landmarks in forensics and in placing small screws. Whether treatment moves them has been unclear.
The team scanned mouth models taken before and after treatment for 61 borderline cases. Twenty-eight patients had first premolars removed; 33 did not. Software aligned the 3D models and traced each ridge's outline. Changes were measured as outline shift, shape complexity by fractal analysis, and the area the ridges cover. Arch depth and palate size were tracked too. The work tests how much trust clinicians can place in these landmarks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Miltiadis A Makrygiannakis, Dimitrios Konstantonis, Heleni Vastardis, Athanasios E Athanasiou, Demetrios J Halazonetis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |