title: Using a specially designed cephalostat for longitudinal cephalometric studies in rats.
abstract: To better understand and observe craniofacial growth, researchers carry out longitudinal cephalometric studies on animals. The authors constructed a cephalostat specially designed to study craniofacial growth in rats. They describe and validate a cephalometric technique using this cephalostat. They carried out cephalometric radiography and analysis of 62 Wistar rats. By using this method, the authors were able to take repeated, reproducible intracranial, intramandibular and craniomandibular measurements of the rats. The proposed method is a useful tool for studying the craniofacial growth process.
authors.affiliation: College and Post Graduate Center of Dentistry São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, Brazil. helenacfps@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Helena Cristina Francisco Pereira
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Rodrigo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cecanho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000662:veterinary*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D011859:Radiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015203:Reproducibility of Results