Evaluation of radiographic magnification in lateral cephalograms obtained with different X-ray devices: experimental study in human dry skull

• Main Authors: José Rino Neto (Author), João Batista de Paiva (Author), Gilberto Vilanova Queiroz (Author), Miguel Ferragut Attizzani (Author), Hiroshi Miasiro Junior (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Dental Press Editora, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the magnification factor of the radiographic image in angular, linear and proportional measurements. METHODS: From a dried human skull where metallic spheres with predetermined size were fixed (1.0 mm), 14 radiographs were obtaine...