ceph Flashcards
__________= Towards the head
Metric = Measurement
Cephalad
- Useful in making measurements of the cranium and the orofacial complex, for diagnostic purposes.
CEPHALOMETRICS
The Radiograph obtained
Cephalogram
- It is a standardized method of skull radiographs.
CEPHALOMETRICS
- provides a lateral view of the skull.
- It is taken with the head in a standardized reproducible position at a specified distance from the source of the X-ray.
- commonly used for cephalometric analysis.
Lateral cephalogram
- This provides an anteroposterior view of the skull. It is generally used to assess symmetry of the face.
FRONTAL CEPHALOGRAM
- The cephalometric radiographs are taken using an apparatus that consists of an X-ray source and a headholding device called _____________
cephalostat
These landmarks represent the actual anatomic structures of the skull. They may be unilateral or bilateral.
Anatomic cephalometric landmarks
These are landmarks that have been obtained secondarily from anatomic structures in a lateral cephalogram.
Derived cephalometric landmarks
- Masking tape is used to attach the cephalometric X-ray to the _________ tracing paper sheet. Tracing is made on the frosted surface of acetate tracing sheet.
acrylic acetate
HARD TISSUE LANDMARKS (16)
- Sella (S)
- Nasion (Na)
- Orbitale (Or)
- Porion (Po)
- Point A (A)
- Point B (B)
- Anterior Nasal Spine (ANS)
- Posterior Nasal Spine (PNS)
- Incisor Superius (Is)
- Incisor Inferius (Ii)
- Molar Point (Mp)
- Pogonion (Pog)
- Gnathion (Gn)
- Menton (Me)
- Gonion (Go)
- Condylion (Co)
– Midpoint of the cavity of the sella turcica
– Where the Pituitary gland is located
– A very stable part of the cranium
Sella (S)
– The suture between the frontal and nasal bone.
Nasion (Na)
– The lowest point of the inferior margin of the orbit.
Orbitale (Or)
– The highest point on the superior surface of the soft tissue of the external auditory meatus (anatomic)
– The midpoint of the upper contour of the metal rod of the cephalometer (machine)
Porion (Po)
– The innermost point on the contour of the premaxilla between the ANS and the incisor tooth.
Point A (subspinale)
– The innermost point on the contour of the mandible between the incisor and the bony chin.
Point B (supramentale)
– The tip of bony anterior nasal spine in the midline or median plane.
Anterior Nasal Spine (ANS)
– The tip of the Posterior Spine of the Palatine bone
– At the junction of the hard and soft palate.
Posterior Nasal Spine (PNS)
– The incisal tip of the most anterior maxillary central incisor.
Incisor Superius (Is)
– The incisal tip of the most labial mandibular central incisor.
Incisor Inferius (Ii)
– The bisection of the overbite of the upper and lower first molars.
Molar Point (Mp)
– The most anterior point on the contour of the bony chin in the midline.
Pogonion (Pog)
– Is the lowest point on the symphyseal outline of the chin
– The lowest point of the mandible.
Menton (Me)
– The center of the inferior contour of the chin
– A point on the chin determined by bisecting the angle formed by the facial and mandibular planes
Gnathion (Gn)
– The center of the inferior contour of the mandibular angle.
– Is the intersection of the lines tangent to the posterior margin of the ascending ramus and the mandibular base.
Gonion (Go)
– The most posterior superior point on the condyle of the mandible.
Condylion (Co)
– It is the intersection of the inferior border of the foramen rotundum with the posterior wall of the pterygomaxillary fissure.
Pterygomaxillary Fissure (Ptm)
– Is the point of intersection of the posterior margin of the ascending ramus and the outer margin of the cranial base.
Articulare (Ar)
– The lowest point on the anterior margin of the foramen magnum in the midline.
Basion (Ba)
HARD TISSUE CEPHALOMETRIC LANDMARKS
ANATOMIC (12)
Nasion N
Anterior Nasal Spine ANS
Point A A
Prosthion Pr
Infradentale Id
Point B B
Pogonion Pog
Menton Me
Sella S
Orbitale Or
Gonion Go
Articulare Ar
SOFT TISSUE CEPHALOMETRIC LANDMARKS (8)
Soft tissue nasion n
Tip of nose no
Subspinale ss
Subnasale sn
Labial superius ls
Stomion sto
Labial Inferius li
Soft tissue pogonion pog