3-D analysis of tooth formation and eruption in patients with craniofacial anomalies

3-D analysis of tooth formation and eruption in patients with craniofacial anomalies
Sven Kreiborg, Per Larsen, Morten Bro-Nielsen, Tron Darvann
Abstract	A number of craniofacial anomalies or syndromes involve severe disturbances of tooth formation and eruption (e.g. Apert syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, tricho-dento-osseous syndrome, cleidocranial dysplasia, and cleft lip and palate). So far, studies of these dental problems have been limited to two-dimensional analysis from orthopantomograms, intra-oral X-rays or cephalometric radiographs. A method for visualization of the developing tooth crowns in three dimensions based on CT-scans of the jaws has been developed (Bro-Nielsen et al., 1996). The purpose of the present study was to apply this new visualization method to the analysis of the complex dental problems found in some of the syndromes listed above
Keywords	computerised tomography; data visualisation; medical image processing
Type	Conference paper [With referee]
Conference	Medical Informatics Europe '96: Human Facets in Information Technologies
Editors	Brender, J.; Christensen, J.P.; Scherrer, J.-R.; McNair, P.
Year	1996 pp. 763-765
Publisher	IOS Press
BibTeX data	[bibtex]
IMM Group(s)	Image Analysis & Computer Graphics