Growth And Development Flashcards
Growth
Increase in size
Development
Increase in complexity
Maturation
Combo of growth and development over time
What are patterns of growth determined by
The proportional relationships between structures
what relationships does ortho focus on for normal growth
Between structures to identify patterns of growth
What is a Norma growth pattern marked by ?
Changes in these proportional relationships over time
What do patterns imply?
Predictability
Cephalocaudal gradient of growth
Head to toe
2 month-fetus = head is 1/3 body and legs are 1/3 body
25 year old = head is 12% and legs are 1/2 body
What does the maxilla curve follow?
Neural growth curve
What does the mandible curve follow?
General growth curve
What grows more during the adolescent growth spurt?
The mandible grows more than the maxilla
Lymphoid growth curve- when is it at 200%?
Around age 10-11, huge tonsils then shrinks down
Completion of facial growth in 3 dimensions
1st - transverse (bilateral crossbite - address as soon as possible)
2nd- anterior-posterior (class II and class III)
3rd- vertical (overbite, open bite - wait to address, dont do implants in kids because last to finish growing)
Standard growth charts
Use to evaluate if a patients pattern of growth falls outside of the Normal range acceptable for a population.
Childs growth should plot along the same percentile at all ages
When does class II end to be treated?
Before the growth spurt
Variability in timing
Can be reduced by using developmental age rather than chronological age as an expression of an individuals growth status
Adolescent growth spurt
Period of rapid growth right before puberty
Coincident with sexual maturity
Females growth spurt
11-13 years
Begin breast development and height spurt
Breast development peak
Menarche (completion)
Males growth spurt
13-15 yrs
Fat spurt
Peach fuzz on the upper lip
Pigmented hair on lip (peak)
Hair on chin
Age determination
Chronological age
Dental age
Skeletal age
Chronological age
Measured in years
Dental age
Stage of dental development (what teeth are present/absent)
Skeletal age
Bone maturation -determines growth status
Factors affecting variability in timing
Gender
Racial/ethnic differences
Sickness
Nutrtion
Timing factor - late/early maturer
Problems with growth (hormones or genetics)
Trauma
Why do we monitor growth?
Determine if growth is normal vs abnormal
Determine the specific growth pattern of each patient
Assess amount of growth remaining
Determine treatment timing of orthodontics (can be modified? Can be camouflaged? Orthognathic surgery correct?)
Craniofacial growth
Changes in proportions of head and face during growth
At birth- face and jaws underdeveloped
Much more growth of facial than cranial structures postnatally
Craniofacial complex
Cranial vault
Cranial base
Maxilla - nasomaxillary complex
Mandible
Cranial vault
Flat bones, intramembranous bone formation - no cartilage
Major mechanism growth = a position of new bone at the sutures
What growth curve does the cranial vault follow?
Neural growth curve