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Table 2 Linear and angular measurements evaluated in this study

From: Effects of estrogen deficiency during puberty on maxillary and mandibular growth and associated gene expression – an μCT study on rats

Landmarks

Description

References

Maxilla

 1–2

Maxillary arch length

 3–3

Maxillary intermolar distance

 1–4

Maxillary diastema length

 2–4

Maxillary posterior segment length

 6–7

Maxillary central incisor length

Mandible

 18–19

Mandibular height – from most posterior point of condyle to most posterior point of mandiblular angle

Wei et al., 2017

 18–25

Upper mandibular length

Wei et al., 2017

 19–22

Lower mandibular length

Wei et al., 2017

 20–22

Mandibular plane length

Wei et al., 2017; Fujita et al., 2004

 17–22

Diagonal mandibular length

Wei et al., 2017; Fujita et al., 2004

 17–19

Distance between the most superior point of the condyle to mandible angle

Wei et al., 2017; Fujita et al., 2004

 23–24

Mandibular central incisor length

Wei et al., 2017; Fujita et al., 2004

 25–26

Distance between first lower molar mesial face to lower central incisor buccal face

Wei et al., 2017; Fujita et al., 2004

 17–20

Mandibular height- from most superior point of the condyle to mandible base

Wei et al., 2017

 17–19–20-22

Mandibular angle composed between the lines 17–19 and 20–22

Fujita et al., 2004

 20–22-24

Mandibular angle composed by the landmarkers 20, 22 and 24

Fujita et al., 2004

 17–20-22

Mandibular angle composed by the landmarkers 17, 20 and 22

Fujita et al., 2004

 7–7

Mandibular arch width

Corte et al., 2019

 9–9

Mandibular intermolar distance

Corte et al., 2019

 8–12

Mandibular arch length

Corte et al., 2019

 8–9

Mandibular posterior segment length

Corte et al., 2019

 9–11

Mandibular diastema length

Corte et al., 2019

 10–10

Mandibular interdiastemal breadth

Corte et al., 2019

 6–6

Intercoronoidal breadth

Corte et al., 2019

 4–5

Thickness of condylar process

Wang et al., 2016

 1–2

Inferior mandibular body length

Corte et al., 2019

 2–3

Anterior mentum height

Corte et al., 2019

 13–13

Mandibular superior third width

Wei et al., 2017

 14–14

Mandibular middle third width

Perilo et al., 2014

 16–16

Mandibular inferior third width

Perilo et al., 2014

 15–15

Distance between mentum foramina

Corte et al., 2019