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Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Methodology Open Access Panorametry: suggestion of a method for mandibular measurements on panoramic radiographs Edela Puricelli Address: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, School of Dentistry, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Email: Edela Puricelli - epuricelli@.br Published: 23 October 2009 Received: 9 March 2009 Accepted: 23 October 2009 Head Face Medicine 2009, 5:19 doi:10.1186/1746-160X-5-19 This article is available from: /content/5/1/19 © 2009 Puricelli; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background: Orthopantomography (panoramic radiography) has been used for the study of measurements involving particularly the prediction of the eruption of impacted lower third molars and analyses of measurements of the ramus and head of mandible. The discrepancies involved with the projection of this radiographic image has stimulated the search for further ways to use it, particularly in orthodontic treatments and oral and maxillofacial surgeries. The author proposes a graphimetric method for the mandible, based on panoramic radiography. The results are expressed in linear and angular measurements, aiming at bilateral comparisons as well as the