26 June 2020>: Clinical Research
A Prospective Study Comparing Adolescent and Post-Adolescent Periods Regarding Effects of Activator Appliance in Patients with Class II Mandibular Retrognathia by Using 3dMDface Analysis and Cephalometry
Esra Yüksel Coşkun 1BEF* , Elçin Esenlik 2ACDGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.921401
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e921401
Figure 1 The growth indicators used in the hand-wrist radiograph [41,42]: 1. PP2=(Having the same width of in the second proximal phalanx epiphysis and diaphysis), 2. MP3=(Having the same width of in the third proximal phalanx epiphysis and diaphysis), 3. Pisi, H1, R=(Ossification of the pisiform, ossification of the hamular process of the hamatum, having the same width of in the radius epiphysis and diaphysis) 4. Sesamoid, H2 (Ossification of adductor sesamoid, progressive ossification of the hamular process of the hamatum), 5. MP3cap, PP1cap, Rcap (Capping of the diaphysis in the middle phalanx of the third finger by the epiphysis, capping of the diaphysis in the proximal phalanx of the first finger by the epiphysis, capping of the diaphysis in the radius by the epiphysis), 6. DP3u (Union of the third distal phalanx epiphysis and diaphysis), 7. MP3u (Union of the third medial phalanx epiphysis and diaphysis), 8. PP3u (Union of the third proximal phalanx epiphysis and diaphysis), 9. Ru (Union of the radius epiphysis and diaphysis).