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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2022 Jan 11;305(9):2137–2157. doi: 10.1002/ar.24857

Table 2.

Full descriptions, abbreviations, and shorthand descriptions of all measurements.

Description Abbreviation Shorthand
Full Arch Widths
Distance from lingual margin of left P3 to lingual margin of right P3 lrup3w Palate width at P3
Distance from lingual margin of left P4 to lingual margin of right P4 lrup4w Palate width at P4
Distance from lingual margin of left M1 to lingual margin of right M1 lrum1w Palate width at M1
Distance from lingual margin of left M2 to lingual margin of right M2 lrum2w Palate width at M2
Distance from lingual margin of left P3 to lingual margin of right P3 lrlp3w Palate width at P3
Distance from lingual margin of left P4 to lingual margin of right P4 lrlp4w Palate width at P4
Distance from lingual margin of left M1 to lingual margin of right M1 lrlm1w Palate width at M1
Distance from lingual margin of left M2 to lingual margin of right M2 lrlm2w Palate width at M2
Full Arch Lengths
Arch length from distal left M2 to distal right M2 ulfa Full-arch length at M2
Arch length from distal left M2 to midline ullha Half-arch length at left M2
Arch length from distal right M2 to midline ulrha Half-arch length at right M2
Arch length from distal left C1 to distal right C1 utcal Full-arch length at C1
Arch length from distal left P4 to distal right P4 utmal Full-arch length at P4
Arch length from distal left M2 to distal right M2 llfa Full-arch length at M2
Arch length from distal left M2 to midline lllha Half-arch length at left M2
Arch length from distal right M2 to midline llrha Half-arch length at right M2
Arch length from distal left C1 to distal right C1 ltcal Full-arch length at C1
Arch length from distal left P4 to distal right P4 ltmal Full-arch length at P4
Half Arch Widths and Depths
Distance from distal margin of right C1 to midline perpendicular to midline urcw Palate half-width at right C1
Distance from distal margin of left C1 to midline perpendicular to midline ulcw Palate half-width at left C1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of right C1 on midline urch Palate depth at right C1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of left C1 on midline ulch Palate depth at left C1
Distance from distal margin of right C1 to midline perpendicular to midline lrcw Palate half-width at right C1
Distance from distal margin of left C1 to midline perpendicular to midline llcw Palate half-width at left C1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of right C1 on midline lrch Palate depth at right C1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of left C1 on midline llch Palate depth at left C1
Distance from distal margin of right M1 to midline perpendicular to midline urmw Palate half-width at right M1
Distance from distal margin of left M1 to midline perpendicular to midline ulmw Palate half-width at left M1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of right M1 on midline urmh Palate depth at right M1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of left M1 on midline ulmh Palate depth at left M1
Distance from distal margin of right M1 to midline perpendicular to midline lrmw Palate half-width at right M1
Distance from distal margin of left M1 to midline perpendicular to midline llmw Palate half-width at left M1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of right M1 on midline lrmh Palate depth at right M1
Distance from mesial-most point to distal margin of left M1 on midline llmh Palate depth at left M1
Dental Measurements
Right I1 mesiodistal length rui1md Right I1 length
Right I2 mesiodistal length rui2md Right I2 length
Right C1 mesiodistal length rucmd Right C1 length
Right P3 crown area rup3ca Right P3 area
Right P4 crown area rup4ca Right P4 area
Right M1 crown area rum1ca Right M1 area
Right M2 crown area rum2ca Right M2 area
Left I1 mesiodistal length lui1md Left I1 length
Left I2 mesiodistal length lui2md Left I2 length
Left C1 mesiodistal length lucmd Left C1 length
Left P3 crown area lup3ca Left P3 area
Left P4 crown area lup4ca Left P4 area
Left M1 crown area lum1ca Left M1 area
Left M2 crown area lum2ca Left M2 area
Right I1 mesiodistal length rli1md Right I1 length
Right I2 mesiodistal length rli2md Right I2 length
Right C1 mesiodistal length rlcmd Right C1 length
Right P3 crown area rlp3ca Right P3 area
Right P4 crown area rlp4ca Right P4 area
Right M1 crown area rlm1ca Right M1 area
Right M2 crown area rlm2ca Right M2 area
Left I1 mesiodistal length lli1md Left I1 length
Left I2 mesiodistal length lli2md Left I2 length
Left C1 mesiodistal length llcmd Left C1 length
Left P3 crown area llp3ca Left P3 area
Left P4 crown area llp4ca Left P4 area
Left M1 crown area llm1ca Left M1 area
Left M2 crown area llm2ca Left M2 area