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Three Dimensional Osteometric Analysis of Mandibular Symmetry and Morphological Consistency in Cats

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science, July 2018
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Title
Three Dimensional Osteometric Analysis of Mandibular Symmetry and Morphological Consistency in Cats
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, July 2018
DOI 10.3389/fvets.2018.00157
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Peter Southerden, Richard M. Haydock, Duncan M. Barnes

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe a number of anatomical reference points which can be used to measure mandibular morphology and assess the degree of mandibular symmetry in a group of normal cats. Comparisons were then made between cats to evaluate correlations between morphological measurements and degree of inter-cat variation. This will provide data valuable evaluating and developing techniques for caudal mandibular fracture repair. Methods: Twenty-seven mixed breed cats (26 Domestic Shorthaired and 1 Domestic Longhaired) with no history of head trauma, intact undamaged mandibles, both mandibular fourth premolars and first molars present which had a full skull CT scan were included in this study. Anatomical reference points were defined on maximum intensity projections of multiplanar reconstruction of the mandibles and measurements taken. The ratios between paired right and left measurements, and the ratio of jaw widths at the coronoid process and mandibular foramen were calculated. All analyses were performed using R version 3.3.3 and the multcomp library. Results: None of the right:left ratios were detected as being significantly different from 1 and the coefficient of variation values were all very small showing that when cats deviate from the mean ratio they do so by only a small amount. Measurements analyzed to determine how consistent individual measurements were between cats showed that the most consistent measurement was the lateral ramus inclination angle. The least consistent measurements were ramus height and jaw width at the mental foramen. The correlation between pairs of measurements of the right and left ramus was analyzed and demonstrated a strong correlation between the height, width and length of the ramus. Conclusions: This study has demonstrated a low level of asymmetry between contralateral mandibles in cats, a high level of consistency in the dimensions of mandibles between cats and a strong correlation between the height, width and length of the ramus.

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Unknown 29 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 4 14%
Researcher 4 14%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Lecturer 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 15 52%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 14%
Mathematics 1 3%
Unknown 15 52%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2018.
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#15,292,581
of 23,509,982 outputs
Outputs from Frontiers in Veterinary Science
#2,817
of 6,694 outputs
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#198,959
of 327,896 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Veterinary Science
#62
of 93 outputs
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