Craniofacial growth II Flashcards
We may divide the skull growth in two different parts that have different development:
- Viscero-skull: Face
* Neuro-skull: Cranial vault and base
Viscero-skull type of growth?
slow growth
Neuro-skull type of growth?
fast growth
Factors that affect facial growth? (5)
- Function
- Sinus growth
- Dental eruption
- Increase of muscular activity
- General factors
Factor that affects neuro-skull growth?
Brain growth
Growth of cranial vault reaches ____% at the end of ___ year of life
80% at the end of 2nd year
When does growth of the cranial vault end? exception?
8th-10th year of life
*except the frontal sinus
What are the two types of growth the cranial vault experiences?
- Sutural growth
- Apositional growth
Cranial vault: Characteristics of sutural growth? (3)
- Stimulation of sutures and frontanelas
- tension due to brain’s growth
- increases the circumference and reduces the curvature
Cranial vault: characteristics of apositional growth? (2)
- Bone deposition on the internal and external surfaces
- increases the thickness
At what age to sutures start to calcify? exception?
13-14
*metopic suture closes at end of 2nd year
Growth of cranial vault: Where is is apposition on the internal and external surface?
- internal surface there is apposition in the central area
- external surface is the
other way around.
Growth of cranial vault: when does the internal surface stop growing?
Once the brain has finished developing ~8years old
Growth of cranial vault: when does the external surface stop growing?
Continues to grow with the growth of the facial bones (maxilla and sinus) creating the frontal sinus
Cranial base growth: is the area that changes the _____ during the growth
least
We may divide the cranial base in two parts:
- Anterior base
- Posterior base
Anterior cranial base growth is related with ____
the growth of nasomailar complex
The anterior cranial base grows until what age?
Grows precociously until 7 years old
The posterior cranial base growth is related with ___? (2)
the pharynx area and width of the mandibular ramus
Posterior cranial base growth compared to anterior base?
Posterior has slower growth
The posterior cranial base grows until what age?
20 years old
What happens if the anterior cranial vault is too big or too small?
Produces hyperplasia and hypoplasia of the nasomaxilar complex
What happens if the posterior cranial vault is too big or too small?
Mandibular rams thin or wide—vertical or horizontal growth.
A reduced anterior cranial
base may produce…
an hypoplasic nasomaxilar complex
The middle cranial fossa can have an effect on the ____
upper jaw (moving it forward and down by its arrangement), but it also has an effect on the jaw
A reduced posterior cranial base may give place to a ….
narrow mandibular ramus that will lead to a vertical mandibular growth
What types of growth does the cranial base go through? (3)
- Sutural growth
- Apositional growth
- Endocondral growth