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Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

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Developmental Biology

Analysis of Craniomaxillofacial Malformations in Mice Using Three-dimensional Microcomputed Tomography

Bingxin Zan^1,2, Siyuan Sun^3,4, Yu Zhao^1,2, Qinggang Dai^1,2,3

¹The 2nd Dental Center, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, ²Department of Stomatology, Zhang Zhiyuan Academician Work Station, Hainan, Western Central Hospital, ³Center of Craniofacial Orthodontics, Department of Oral and Cranio-maxillofacial Science, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, ⁴College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Here, we describe in depth a method, which is based on microcomputed tomography, to segment and measure 3D models of craniomaxillofacial bones in mice, for better assessment of craniomaxillofacial bone development in mice than what is possible with current methods.