Educational and pedagogical design of a software tool for learning postero-anterior cephalometric landmarking

One of the key instruments for orthodontic patient evaluation is the cephalometric analysis that is used for diagnosis, treatment planning and evaluation. In clinical practice it is important to train students for a correct cephalometric analysis in order to master both lateral and postero-anterior cephalograms. The combination of lateral and postero-anterior analysis for a multimodal analysis is gaining importance in order to be able to evaluate the anatomical structure also in the frontal plane which allows for a better evaluation of asymmetry and craniofacial widths. In this work we present the educational and pedagogical idea that inspired the design of the software tool for learning postero-anterior cephalometric landmarking. The tool can be used in conjunction with a tool for latero-lateral cephalometric analysis offering a blending of approaches that can offer, in a multimodal way, a broader view and evaluation of the clinical situation.