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Frankfort plane

 
Dental Dictionary: Frankfort horizontal plane
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A craniometric plane determined by the inferior borders of the bony orbits and the upper margin of the auditory meatus. It passes through the two orbitales and the two tragions.

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A line used in anthropometry, which passes from the highest point of the ear canal through to the lowest point of the eye socket.

Frankfort plane
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A standard craniometric reference plane passing through the right and left porion and the left orbitale. Also called Frankfort horizontal plane.

 
 

 

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