Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study was to investigate the transversal relationships between two cephalometric landmarks and lines on the face using ovale, rotundum, greater palatine and infra-orbital foramina as references.
Method
Thirty-four children dry skulls, 19 males and 15 females aged 0–6 years, were examined by computed tomography scanning by using constructed tomographic axial and frontal planes. The cephalometric transversal dimensions of the face skull were measured between the right and left landmarks from the orbital lateral wall and from the zygomatic arch. The cephalometric transversal dimensions of the base skull were measured between the right and left ovale, rotundum, greater palatine and infra-orbital foramina.
Results
Statistical analysis using partial correlations, regardless of the age, showed strong relationships (p < 0.05) among transversal measurements with nerve canal openings and transversal distances of skull face.
Conclusion
We showed that the cranial base transversal growth was very strongly related to facial transversal growth from the postnatal period up to 6 years of age.
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Harnet, J.C., Lombardi, T., Manière-Ezvan, A. et al. Transversal craniofacial growth evaluated on children dry skulls using V2 and V3 canal openings as references. Surg Radiol Anat 35, 757–763 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-013-1125-1
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