A Methodology for Three-Dimensional Quantification of Anterior Tooth Width

Abstract: The use of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) technology has been shown to be more accurate in measuring indi-vidual incisor tooth widths than the use of wax exemplars. There were fewer differences by investigators using CBCT than others using an F-test in a mixed model of the measurement differences of investi-gators, wax type, and which tooth was measured. In addition, the frequency of outliers was less in the CBCT method (a total of 5) as compared to the two-dimensional measurements in ether Aluwax (a total of 8) or Coprwax (a total of 12). Both results indicate that CBCT measurements accounted more precisely for tooth width and level of eruption