Correlations Among New Dental and Cranial Measurements
Cranial and dental anthropometry is commonly used in many areas of research, e.g., in forensic anthropology and paleoanthropology. We propose new craniometric and dental landmarks and distances that may have important applications in physical anthropology. Furthermore, a classical anthropometrical a...
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| author | Massimo Scioletti Dino Scioletti Andrea Ferrara Salvatore Dettori Dario Stefani Roberto Carboni Rosalba Floris Ruggero D’Anastasio Joan Viciano |
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| description | Cranial and dental anthropometry is commonly used in many areas of research, e.g., in forensic anthropology and paleoanthropology. We propose new craniometric and dental landmarks and distances that may have important applications in physical anthropology. Furthermore, a classical anthropometrical approach was applied to quantify the correlation between dental and cranial measurements, which were taken on 30 Middle Ages adult crania from Sardinia (Italy). Principal components analysis was performed to explore the correlations among inter-landmark distances. The first component showed correlations between the cranial base and maxillary inter-landmark distances (the ‘cranial base’ system). The second component exclusively demonstrated correlations among maxillary and dental inter-landmark distances (the ‘oral cavity’ system). The third component showed positive correlations between the zygomatic and midline maxillary inter-landmark distances, and high negative loadings that include the bilateral styloid process and midline maxillary landmarks (the ‘upper cranium’ system). The inter-landmark dental distances correlate with inter-landmark cranial distances that have not been described previously. These data can be applied in other research and clinical areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c669afb0e05b4bd58e79dbfdd42502452022-12-21T18:31:44ZengDental Anthropology AssociationDental Anthropology1096-94112016-12-01291315https://doi.org/10.26575/daj.v29i1.31Correlations Among New Dental and Cranial MeasurementsMassimo Scioletti0Dino Scioletti1Andrea Ferrara2Salvatore Dettori3Dario Stefani4Roberto Carboni5Rosalba Floris6Ruggero D’Anastasio7Joan Viciano8Dental clinic “San Francesco”Dental clinic “San Francesco”Dental clinic “San Francesco”Dental clinic “Dettori”Dental clinic “Stefani”Dental clinic “Dettori”Department of Life Sciences and Environment, State University of CagliariUniversity Museum, ‘G. d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara; Department of Medicine and Aging Science,‘G. d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-PescaraUniversity Museum, ‘G. d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-PescaraCranial and dental anthropometry is commonly used in many areas of research, e.g., in forensic anthropology and paleoanthropology. We propose new craniometric and dental landmarks and distances that may have important applications in physical anthropology. Furthermore, a classical anthropometrical approach was applied to quantify the correlation between dental and cranial measurements, which were taken on 30 Middle Ages adult crania from Sardinia (Italy). Principal components analysis was performed to explore the correlations among inter-landmark distances. The first component showed correlations between the cranial base and maxillary inter-landmark distances (the ‘cranial base’ system). The second component exclusively demonstrated correlations among maxillary and dental inter-landmark distances (the ‘oral cavity’ system). The third component showed positive correlations between the zygomatic and midline maxillary inter-landmark distances, and high negative loadings that include the bilateral styloid process and midline maxillary landmarks (the ‘upper cranium’ system). The inter-landmark dental distances correlate with inter-landmark cranial distances that have not been described previously. These data can be applied in other research and clinical areas.http://journal.dentalanthropology.org/index.php/jda/article/view/31/16 |
| spellingShingle | Massimo Scioletti Dino Scioletti Andrea Ferrara Salvatore Dettori Dario Stefani Roberto Carboni Rosalba Floris Ruggero D’Anastasio Joan Viciano Correlations Among New Dental and Cranial Measurements Dental Anthropology |
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| title_full | Correlations Among New Dental and Cranial Measurements |
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