title: Current principles of morphanalysis and their implications in oral surgical practice.
abstract: This survey of morphanalysis in an oral surgical context summarises current conventions concerning the fixed relations theory, the analytic morphograph and craniofacial morphography. The oral surgical implications are then discussed in preparation for subsequent papers on the morphanalysis of craniofacial dysharmony and mandibular condylysis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003725:Dental Articulators; D004582:Electronics, Medical; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007574:Jaw Relation Record; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D003765:Models, Dental; D010781:Photography; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013515:Surgery, Oral