- Buccal index
The buccal index is a term used in different fields and is defined accordingly:
# Inultrasound diagnostics: The buccal index >20 mm was introduced byE. E. Kortshagina as a marker fordiabetic fetopathy . The buccal index <10 mm was used as a marker forintrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) byM. S. Walid .
# Indentistry : The cross-mounting buccal index was developed byN. Chaimattayompol for the definitive implant abutment selection, framework design and fabrication.
# Inzoology : The buccal Index, introduced byAyarzagiiena J , is calculated by premaxilla width + 10th tooth width/rostral length which tells about buccal shape, trapezoidal or quadrangular.References
* Walid MS, Astafyeva OV, Pomortsev AV. The IUGR prognostic scale. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2007 Dec;276(6):633-40. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez PMID: 17619893]
* Chaimattayompol N, Stanescu J, Steinberg J, Vergo TJ Jr. Use of a cross-mounting buccal index to help transfer the spatial relationships of an interim prosthesis to the definitive implant-supported prosthesis. J Prosthet Dent. 2001 May;85(5):509-15. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez PMID: 11357080]
* Buscalioni AD, Sanz JL. Phylogenetic relationships of the atoposauridae (Archosauria, Crocodylomorpha). Historical Biology, 1988 Vol I pp 233-250.
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