Class 1 Flashcards
Adolescence
Period between juvenile and adulthood
Fertility is attained
Sex hormones ____ lymphoid tissue
Shrinks
Endochondral growth and sex hormones
Stimulate cartilage growth
And an even greater increase in transformation of cartilage to bone
Female growth spurt
1.5 to 2 years earlier in females than males
Female growth spurt begins around
10
Ends 3 years later
Male growth spurt begins
Begins 12.5
Ends up to 5 years later
Male grows bigger because
Slower to start and longer
Chronologic age is
No indication of where an individual is developmentally
Growth height correlates with
Jaw growth
Females growth spurt ends with
Menarche
Cervical Verterbeal Maturation Stage
vertebra become more rectangular
Serial Radiographs
Superimposition to monitor growth
Mandibular growth reflects….
General growth curve
Maxillary growth most resembles
Neural growth curve
Facial growth is _____growth
Differential
Differential jaw growth
Mandible goes more and longer
Mandible more prominent
Profile becomes less convex
Width stops before ______ before ______
Length
Height
Width stops before
Growth spurt except alveolar arches widen in the area of molar eruption
Length and height increase through
Puberty
Height of face grows longer than
Length dues to vertical growth of mandible
Leeway space
Difference in mesial distal width between primary canines/molars and permanent canine/premolars
Permanent molars move
Into leeway space
If anterior crowding is present send to orthodontist before
Primary 2nd molars exfoliate
E-space
Difference in mesial distal width between primary 2nd molars and permanent 2nd premolars