Craniofacial growth 2

Question 1

Cranial base angle
• More open: Class -
• Normal: Class -
• More closed: Class -

Answer 1

II
I
III

Question 2

Bone apposition at the
level of the sutures,
resulting in

Cranial growth and
maxillary growth

Answer 2

an increase

of the size of the bone.

Question 3

Bone apposition at the level of the sutures, resulting in an increase of the

growth in the maxilla and mandible

Answer 3

size of the bone.

• Cranial growth and maxillary growth
• Not mandibular growth

Question 4

Maxillary growth
• Until the age of 7: mainly
• Once the eye and brain growth completed:

• At this stage, the maxilla is moving away
from

Answer 4

sutural growth

• Bony apposition in the tuberosity area
and dentoalveolar growth (displacement)

cranial base

Question 5

Role of the tuberosity
• Once sutural growth completed (around 10 years old), antero-posterior growth is the result of growth in the
• The anterior aspect of the maxilla is actually —

Answer 5

tuberosity region (growth site?)

resorptive

Question 6

Craniofacial growth is very complex anx involvs all types or growth: (3)

Answer 6

• Endochondral for the cranial base
• Intramembranous for bone augmentation
• Sutural

Question 7

Maxilla

After 7 year of age: (4)

Answer 7

• the maxillary growth is mainly vertical ( with some anterior displacement)
• Combination of sutural and intramembranous types of growth
• Growth centers?
• Main growth site is the tuberosity