A Comparative Analysis of Angular Cephalometric Measurements Using VistaDent and NemoCeph Digital Software

Year 2025, Volume: 26 Issue: 2, 206 - 210, 23.06.2025

Fundagül Bilgiç Zortuk , Eyüp Burak Küçük

https://doi.org/10.69601/meandrosmdj.1641436

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this investigation was to compare the reliability of two different software programs, Vista Dent and NemoCeph for digital cephalometric tracing when used for angular measurements on 2D digital cephalometric radiographs.

Methods: A total of 300 cephalometric radiographs were chosen for this study. The Vista dent and Nemoceph computerized softwares programs were used to obtain cephalometric measurements from lateral cephalograms. The SNA and SNB angle values obtained by the two methods were evaluated through independent sample T-test and and the Mann-Whitney U Test was done to compare GoGn-SN angle between the two different computerized softwares programs. The Pearson correlation analysis was used to evaluate the consistency between the two measurement method.
Results: SNA, SNB, and GoGn-SN angles performed by the Vista dent and Nemoceph software (p > 0.05). It was obtained strong correlations between all the variables.
Conclusions: The measurements from the two computer-assisted cephalometric analysis are consistent. Clinicians can confidently use either of these programs.

Keywords

Vista dent , Nemoceph , Steiner analysis , Cephalometric radiographs

Vista Dent ve Nemoceph Dijital Yazılımları ile Yapılan Sefalometrik Ölçümlerin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi

Abstract

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, dijital sefalometrik çizim programlarından Vista dent ve Nemoceph yazılımlarının güvenilirliğini karşılaştırmaktır.
Yöntem: Bu çalışma için toplam 300 adet sefalometrik radyografi seçildi. Vista dent ve Nemoceph programları, sefalometrik ölçümler yapmak için kullanıldı. İki yöntemle elde edilen SNA ve SNB açı değerleri bağımsız örneklem t-testi ile değerlendirildi. GoGn-SN açısını karşılaştırmak için Mann-Whitney U Testi uygulandı. Pearson korelasyon analizi, iki ölçüm yöntemi arasındaki tutarlılığı değerlendirmek için kullanıldı.
Bulgular: Vista dent ve Nemoceph yazılımları tarafından yapılan SNA, SNB, GoGn-SN açıları arasında istatistiksel bir fark bulunmamıştır (p > 0,05). Değişkenler arasında güçlü bir korelasyon tespit edilmiştir.
Sonuçlar: Kullanmakta olduğumuz iki dijital sefalometrik analiz programından elde edilen ölçümlerin birbirleriyle tutarlı olduğu bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak, klinisyenler bu programlardan herhangi birini güvenle kullanabilirler.

Keywords

Vista dent , Nemoceph , Steiner analizi , Sefalometrik radyografi

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