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Time required for performing a manual cephalometric analysis compared to a digital cephalometric analysis on DentiCephX software
Author(s):
1. Maliha Mumtaz: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
2. Afeef Umar Zia: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
3. Kausar Illyas: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
4. Sarah Shabbir: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
5. Huma Khan: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
6. Esha Zakria: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
7. Zainab Hayyat Rajag: Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Abstract:
Introduction: Diagnostic cephalometric analysis can be performed manually as well as with the help of softwares. It is observed that a digital analysis is less time consuming as compared to a manual analysis. Therefore, the objective of this study was to measure the mean difference in time taken to perform a manual cephalometric analysis as opposed to an analysis performed with the help of digital cephalometric software. Material and Methods: A total of 50 good quality cephalograms taken with the same machine were included in the study. They were randomly divided among four orthodontic residents (R1=13, R2=13, R3=12 and R4=12). All residents performed manual tracing and analysis followed by digitization and analysis on DentiCephX software. Time required for performing each task was recorded using a stopwatch. Paired sample t-test was used to compare the time required for performing a digital cephalometric analysis versus a manual cephalometric analysis. 10 radiographs were retraced after 2 weeks and intra class correlation coefficient was used to measure inter rater reliability. Results: The mean time required for manual and digital cephalometric tracing and analysis was 07m: 06s ± 01m: 45s and 01m: 33s ± 00m: 32s respectively. The difference in time required for manual and digital tracing and analysis was statistically significant (p=0.001). p value = 0.05 was considered as significant. Conclusions: This study showed statistically significant difference in time required for performing a digital cephalometric analysis versus a manual cephalometric analysis.
Page(s): 77-81
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Published: Journal: Pakistan Orthodontic Journal, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Year: 2020
Keywords:
digitization , Cephalograms , cephalometric analysis , manual tracing
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