Change in facial shape in micro-, macro- and normocephalics
Lavelle, C.L.
Acta Anatomica 126(4): 248-254
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5180 PMID: 3766108 Document Number: 278514
In view of the dubious scientific validity of traditional cephalometric analyses, the more accurate technique of biorthogonal analysis was used in this study. Developed from D'Arcy Thompson's transformation grids, this technique showed similar craniofacial shape changes in micro-, macro- and normocephalics between the ages of 12 and 16 years, implying the contrasts in facial form between these 3 samples predominantly reflect size rather than shape differences.