Comparative study of 3D facial photography with traditional photography / 实用口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To investigate the clinical perspectives of 3dMD photography in orthodontics. Methods: 60 patients with skeletal Ⅰ malocclusion (30 males, 30 females, aged 18 to 35 years) were selected. Facial pictures of them were taken by 3dMD photography and traditional photography respectively, photographing time was recorded. Facial measurements' quality data were analyzed by SPSS 16. 0. Results: The photographing time of the 3dMD group and traditional photographic group was(14. 99 ± 1. 34) s and (45. 33 ± 7. 75) s respectively(P＜ 0. 05); there was no significant difference between the 2 groups in the quality scores. Conclusion: The clinical use of 3dMD in patients can save the operation time and can get similar by the use of results traditional radiography.