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Time required for performing a manual cephalometric analysis compared to a digital cephalometric analysis on DentiCephX software

Author(s)
Maliha Mumtaz Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Afeef Umar Zia Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Kausar Illyas Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Sarah Shabbir Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Huma Khan Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Esha Zakria Department of Orthodontics, Margalla Institute of Health Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
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.
Publication Details
Page(s) 77-81
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Published Journal: Pakistan Orthodontic Journal, Volume: 12, Issue: 2, Year: 2020

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Keywords
digitization, Cephalograms, cephalometric analysis, manual tracing
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