Chapter 3 - Anatomic Cephalometric Landmarks

This chapter defines and illustrates selected landmarks that are critical in a cephalometric headfilm. The landmarks are illustrated on a cephalometric radiograph and then related to photographs of the same landmarks on a skull. Accuracy in landmark identification standardizes tracings for consistency in comparing superimposition tracings taken at a later date.

This course was a collaboration between Dr. Robert Little, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Department of Orthodontics, Seattle, Washington and Dr. Rebecca Poling of Anchorage, Alaska, who was the Editor for the collaboration. Dr. Michael Fey, Professor, University of Washington, Department of Orthodontics, provided photography for the chapter on Landmarks and contributed to the chapter on Superimposition.