AIM: The purpose of the present study was to evaluate a methodology to estimate the stature in orthodontically treated individuals using odontometric data obtained from digitalized 3-dimensional image. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 46 Brazilian people from the southern of the country, aged between 22 and 37 years and divided into two groups; group 1 (control) composed by 24 individuals with no orthodontic treatment and adequate alignment of the six anterior mandibular teeth and group 2 (experimental) composed by 22 individuals with crowding of the anterior mandibular teeth before the orthodontic treatment (Group 2A) and after orthodontic alignment (Group 2B). The odontometric data was obtained from their digitalized cast models. Mathematical formulas were used to obtain the stature range between the minimum and maximum estimated stature. RESULTS: The descriptive analysis of the percentage of people with real stature within the estimated stature range showed an average between the right and left hemiarchs of 44%, 75% and 52% for groups 1, 2A and 2B, respectively. CONCLUSION: It was concluded that this method can be used for the stature estimation in orthodontically treated patients but as an auxiliary tool together with other methodologies.
O ensino da valoração de danos odontológicos pós-traumáticos é ministrado, em muitas situações, de forma teórica e ilustrativa com imagens projetadas, distanciando o aluno da vivência prática desse conteúdo. Por esse motivo, a simulação de lesões por meio de maquiagem pode auxiliar o ensino desse tema e também pesquisas, considerando, por exemplo, a necessidade de comparar a vítima de trauma com o seu estado anterior. O objetivo deste artigo é relatar uma experiência docente junto à graduação em Odontologia na Faculdade de Odontologia da Universidade de São Paulo, evidenciando o potencial uso da simulação realística com maquiagem no ensino da valoração de danos pós-traumáticos e incitando a possível utilização em pesquisas na área de Odontologia Legal. Trata-se de uma metodologia inovadora, com perspectiva promissora no campo da Odontologia Legal.
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