INTRODUCTION: The current methodologies to quantify the palatal expansion are based on a preliminary rigid superimposition of 3D digital models representing the status of a given patient at different times. A new method based on affine alignment is proposed and compared to the gold standard, leading to the automatic analysis of 3-dimensional structural changes and to a simple numeric quantification of overall expansion vector and a better alignment of the digital models. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 40 digital models (timing span delta 25.8 ± 12.5 months) from young patients (mean age 10.7 ± 2.6) treated with two different palatal expansion techniques (20 subjects with RME-Rapid Maxillary Expander, and 20 subjects with NiTiSE, NiTi self-expander) were superimposed with the new affine alignment technique implemented as an extension package of the open-source MeshLab, from a golden standard starting point of rigid alignment. The results were then compared. RESULTS: The new measurement function indicates a mean expansion expressed in a single numeric value of 9.3%, 10.3% for the RME group and 8.4% for the NiTiSE group respectively. The comparison with the golden standard showed a decrease to the average error from 0.91 mm to 0.58 mm. CONCLUSIONS: Affine alignment improves the current perspective of structural change quantification in the specific group of growing patients treated with palatal expanders giving the clinician useful information on the 3-dimensional morphological changes.

A method based on 3D affine alignment for the quantification of palatal expansion / A. Maggiordomo, M. Farronato, G. Tartaglia, M. Tarini. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 17:12(2022), pp. e0278301.1-e0278301.14. [10.1371/journal.pone.0278301]

A method based on 3D affine alignment for the quantification of palatal expansion

A. Maggiordomo
Co-primo
;
M. Farronato
Co-primo
;
G. Tartaglia
Penultimo
;
M. Tarini
Ultimo
2022

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The current methodologies to quantify the palatal expansion are based on a preliminary rigid superimposition of 3D digital models representing the status of a given patient at different times. A new method based on affine alignment is proposed and compared to the gold standard, leading to the automatic analysis of 3-dimensional structural changes and to a simple numeric quantification of overall expansion vector and a better alignment of the digital models. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 40 digital models (timing span delta 25.8 ± 12.5 months) from young patients (mean age 10.7 ± 2.6) treated with two different palatal expansion techniques (20 subjects with RME-Rapid Maxillary Expander, and 20 subjects with NiTiSE, NiTi self-expander) were superimposed with the new affine alignment technique implemented as an extension package of the open-source MeshLab, from a golden standard starting point of rigid alignment. The results were then compared. RESULTS: The new measurement function indicates a mean expansion expressed in a single numeric value of 9.3%, 10.3% for the RME group and 8.4% for the NiTiSE group respectively. The comparison with the golden standard showed a decrease to the average error from 0.91 mm to 0.58 mm. CONCLUSIONS: Affine alignment improves the current perspective of structural change quantification in the specific group of growing patients treated with palatal expanders giving the clinician useful information on the 3-dimensional morphological changes.
Adolescent; Child; Humans; Maxilla; Palatal Expansion Technique; Palate
Settore INF/01 - Informatica
Settore MED/28 - Malattie Odontostomatologiche
2022
30-dic-2022
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