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2. IN ALL BIOLOGICAL SENSE DEVELOPMENT IS A PROCESSIN ALL BIOLOGICAL SENSE DEVELOPMENT IS A PROCESS
OF CONTINUOUS CHANGES OCCURING IN PREDETERMINEDOF CONTINUOUS CHANGES OCCURING IN PREDETERMINED
ORDERORDER..
DEVELOPMENT IS AN INCERASE IN COMPLEXITY (TODD 1931)DEVELOPMENT IS AN INCERASE IN COMPLEXITY (TODD 1931)
DEVELOPMENT IS USED TO INDICATE AN INCREASE IN SKILL ANDDEVELOPMENT IS USED TO INDICATE AN INCREASE IN SKILL AND
COMPLEXITY OF FUNCTION (LOWREY 1951)COMPLEXITY OF FUNCTION (LOWREY 1951)
DEVELOPMENT REFERS TO ALL NATURALLY OCCURINGDEVELOPMENT REFERS TO ALL NATURALLY OCCURING
UNIDIRECTIONAL CHANGES IN LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROMUNIDIRECTIONAL CHANGES IN LIFE OF AN INDIVIDUAL FROM
ITS EXISTENCE AS A SINGLE CELL TO ITS ELABORATION ASITS EXISTENCE AS A SINGLE CELL TO ITS ELABORATION AS
MULTIFUNCTIONAL UNIT TERMINATING IN DEATH (MOYER 1981)MULTIFUNCTIONAL UNIT TERMINATING IN DEATH (MOYER 1981)
THE ACT OR PROCESS OF NATURAL PROGESSION FROM ATHE ACT OR PROCESS OF NATURAL PROGESSION FROM A
PREVIOUS, LOWER OR EMBRYONIC STAGE, TO A LATER,MOREPREVIOUS, LOWER OR EMBRYONIC STAGE, TO A LATER,MORE
COMPLEX OR ADULT STAGE (STEDMAN 1990)COMPLEX OR ADULT STAGE (STEDMAN 1990)
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3. 1. PRENATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT1. PRENATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
2. ROLE OF MECKEL’S CARTILAGE2. ROLE OF MECKEL’S CARTILAGE
3. TYPES OF OSSIFICATION3. TYPES OF OSSIFICATION
4. MECHANISMS OF BONE GROWTH4. MECHANISMS OF BONE GROWTH
5. THEORIES OF GROWTH5. THEORIES OF GROWTH
6. POSTNATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT6. POSTNATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
7. FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH7. FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH
8. ANOMALIES OF MANDIBLE8. ANOMALIES OF MANDIBLE
9. AGE CHANGES IN MANDIBLE9. AGE CHANGES IN MANDIBLE
10. SUMMARY10. SUMMARY
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4. PRENATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
IT IS A DYNAMIC PHASE WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO
1. PERIOD OF OVUM- FROM FERTILIZATION TO 14th
DAY
2. PERIOD OF EMBRYO- FROM 14TH
DAY TO 56TH
DAY
3. PERIOD OF FETUS- FROM 56TH
DAY TILL BIRTH
THE MOST TYPICAL FEATURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
HEAD IS THE FORMATION OF “PHARYNGEAL ARCHES”
THEY APPEAR AT 4TH
– 5TH
WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
EACH PHARYNGEAL ARCH CONSISTS OF MESODERMAL CORE ,
COVERED ON OUTSIDE BY ECTODERMAL LAYER AND ON
INSIDE BY EPITHELIUM OF ENDODERMAL ORIGIN
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6. EACH OF THE FIVE ARCHES CONTAIN
1. A CENTRAL CARTILAGE THAT FORMS SKELETON OF
ARCH
2. MUSCULAR COMPONENT OR BRANCHIOMERE
3. VASCULAR COMPONENT
4. NEURAL ELEMENT
MANDIBLE IS THE DERIVATIVE OF THE FIRST
PHARYNGEAL ARCH
DORSAL PORTION IS KNOWN AS MAXILLARY PROCESS
VENTRAL PORTION KNOWN AS MANDIBULAR PROCESS
OR MECKEL’S CARTILAGE
DEVELOPMENT OF MANDIBLE STARTS AT 4TH
WEEK I.U.L
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8. ROLE OF MECKEL’S CARTILAGE
DERIVED FROM FIRST PHARYNGEAL ARCH AROUND
41TH
– 45TH
DAY I.U.L
EXTENDS FROM OTIC CAPSULE -THE MIDLINE OR SYMPHYSIS
FIRST OSSIFICATION CENTER ARISES AT 6TH
WEEK I.U.L IN
THE REGION OF BIFURCATION OF THE INFERIOR ALVEOLAR
NERVE
THE CENTER IS LOCATED LATERAL TO THE MECKEL’S
CARTILAGE
FROM THIS “PRIMARY CENTER”- OSSIFICATION SPREADS
“BELOW AND AROUND” THE INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE
AND THEN MOVES “UPWARDS”
OSSIFICATION THEN SPREADS “DORSALLY AND
VENTRALLY” TO FORM RAMUS AND THE BODY OF MANDIBLE
AS OSSIFICATION CONTINUES MECKEL’S CARTILAGE BECOMES
SURROUNDED BY BONE
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11. REMANANTS OF MECKEL’S CARTILAGE:
MAJOR PART OF THE MECKEL’S CARTILAGE DISAPPEARS
DURING GROWTH
1. MENTAL OSSICLES
2. INCUS AND MALLEUS
3. SPINE OF SPHENOID
4. ANTERIOR LIGAMENT OF MALLEUS
5. SPHENOMANDIBULAR LIGAMENT
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13. TYPES OF OSSIFICATION:
MANDIBLE IS THE SECOND BONE IN THE BODY TO BE
OSSIFIED
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF OSSIFICATION :
1. INTRAMEMBRANOUS TYPE :
FORMATION OF BONE IS NOT PRECEDED BY FORMATION
OF CARTILAGENOUS MODEL
BONE IS DIRECTLY LAID INTO FIBROUS MEMBRANE
THERE IS CONDENSATION OF MESENCHYMAL CELLS
SOME CELLS FORM OSTEOBLAST AND SECRETE OSTEIOD
DEPOSITION OF CALCIUM SALTS INTO THE OSTEOID LEADS
TO CONVERSION OF OSTEOID INTO LAMELLA
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14. 2. CARTILAGENOUS TYPE:
FORMATION OF BONE IS PRECEDED BY FORMATION OF
CARTILAGENOUS MODEL
CONDENSATION OF MESENCHYMAL CELLS TO FORM
CHONDROBLASTS-- LAY DOWN HYALINE CARTILAGE
CARTILAGE IS SURROUNDED BY PERICHONDRIUM —
VASCULAR AND CONTAINS OSTEOGENIC CELLS
INTERCELLULAR CELLS SURROUNDING CARTILAGE CELLS
CALCIFY DUE TO THE ACTION OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE
NUTRITION TO THE CELLS IS CUT– LEADING TO DEATH---
FORMATION OF EMPTY SPACES— PRIMARY AREOLAE
BLOOD VESSELS AND OSTEOGENIC CELLS INVADE THE
CALCIFIED CARTILAGENOUS MATRIX WHICH IS NOW REDUCED
TO BARS OR WALLS– FORMATION OF LARGER SPACES----
SECONDARY AREOLAE
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19. PARTS OF MANDIBLE DERIVED FROM
1. INTRAMEMBRANOUS OSSIFICATION
i) WHOLE BODY OF MANDIBLE EXCEPT THE ANTERIOR
PART
Ii) RAMUS OF MANDIBLE AS FAR AS MANDIBULAR
FORAMEN
2. ENDOCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION
i) ANTERIOR PORTION OF THE MANDIBLE (SYMPHYSIS)
ii) PART OF RAMUS ABOVE THE MANDIBULAR FORAMEN
Iii) CORONOID PROCESS
iv) CONDYLAR PROCESS
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21. MECHANISMS OF BONE GROWTH
GROWTH OF THE MANDIBLE PRIMARILY INVOLVES
1. BONE REMODELLING
PROCESS OF BONE DEPOSITION AND RESORPTION
2. CORTICAL DRIFT
COMBINATION OF BONE DEPOSITION AND RESORPTION
RESULTING IN GROWTH MOVEMENT TOWARDS DEPOSITION
SURFACE
3. DISPLACEMENT
MOVEMENT OF WHOLE BONE AS A UNIT
i) PRIMARY DISPLACEMENT
ii) SECONDARY DISPLACEMENT
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25. OTHER THEORIES
ENLOW’S “V” PRINCIPLE
THE GROWTH AND ENLARGEMENT OF BONES OCCUR
TOWARDS WIDE END OF ‘V’ DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL
DEPOSITION AND RESORPTION
ENLOW’S COUNTERPART PRINCIPLE
GROWTH OF ANY FACIAL OR CRANIAL PART RELATES
SPECIFICALLY TO OTHER STRUCTURAL AND GEOMETRIC
COUNTERPARTS
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26. POST NATAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH TIMING
GROWTH OF WIDTH OF MANDIBLE IS COMPLETED FIRST,
THEN GROWTH IN LENGTH AND FINALLY GROWTH IN HEIGHT
WIDTH OF MANDIBLE
GROWTH IN WIDTH IS COMPLETED BEFORE ADOLESCENT
GROWTH SPURT
INTERCANINE WIDTH DOES INCREASE AFTER 12 YEARS
BOTH MOLAR AND BICONDYLAR WIDTH SHOWS SMALL
INCREASE UNTIL GROWTH IN LENGTH ENDS
GROWTH IN LENGTH
GROWTH IN LENGTH CONTINUES THROUGH PUBERTY
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27. GROWTH IN HEIGHT
CONTINUES IN BOTH THE SEXES FOR LONGER PERIOD
GROWTH INCREASE OCCURS WITH CONCOMITANT ERUPTION
OF TEETH AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE THROUGH OUT LIFE
AND DECREASES IN ADULT LIFE
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28. 1. RAMUS OF MANDIBLE
RAMUS MOVES PROGRESSIVELY POSTERIOR BY A
COMBINATION OF DEPOSITION AND RESORPTION
RESORPTION OCCURS ON THE ANTERIOR PART AND THE
DEPOSITION OCCURS ON THE POSTERIOR PART---DRIFT
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29. 2. BODY OF THE MANDIBLE
THE INCREASE IN WIDTH OF THE MANDIBLE OCCURS
PRIMARILY DUE TO RESORPTION ON THE INSIDE AND
DEPOSITION ON THE OUTSIDE
INCREASE IN LENGTH OCCURSS DUE TO DRIFT OF THE
RAMUS POSTERIORLY
INCREASE IN HEIGTH OCCURS CUE TO ERUPTION OF THE
TEETH
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30. 3. ANGLE OF THE MANDIBLE
ON THE LINGUAL SIDE, RESORPTION TAKES PLACE ON THE
POSTEROINFERIOR ASPECT,WHILE DEPOSITION OCCURS ON
THE ANTEROSUPERIOR ASPECT
ON THE BUCCAL SIDE ,RESORPTION OCCURS ON
ANTEROSUPERIOR PART WHILE RESORPTION OCCURS ON
POSTEROINFERIOR
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31. 4. ALVEOLAR PROCESS
DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO PRESENCE OF TOOTH BUDS
IT INCREASES IN HEIGHT AS THE TEETH ERUPTS
THIS INCREASES THE HEIGTH AND THICKNESS OF THE BODY OF
MANDIBLE
5.CHIN
PROMINENCE OF THE MENTAL PROTRUBERANCE IS ACCENTUATED
BY BONE RESORPTION THAT OCCURS ABOVE THE ALVEOLAR
PROCESS—CREATING A CONCAVITY
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32. 6.CONDYLE
IT HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AS AN IMPORTANT GROWTH SITE
THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT
i) GROWTH AT THE CONDYLE PUSHES IT TOWARDS THE
CRANIAL BASE, THIS LEADS TO DISPLACEMENT OF THE
MANDIBLE “FORWARDS AND DOWNWARDS”
RAYMOND.C.BERNABEI AND LYSLE.E.JOHNSTON (1978) FOUND THAT
CONDYLAR CARTILAGE IS NEEDED FOR NORMAL GROWTH
ii) IT IS NOW BELIEVED THAT GROWTH OF SOFT TISSUES
SURROUNDING THE MANDIBLE CARRIES IT AWAY FROM THE
CRANIAL BASE AND GROWTH OCCURS AT CONDYLE TO
MAINTAIN CONSTANT CONTACT
ROSARIO.BERRAQUERO et al (1992) FOUND THAT CONDYLAR CARTILAGE IS
A SECONDARY GROWTH CENTER AND NOT A PRIMARY GROWTH CENTER
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33. RONNING.O OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS NO GROWTH OF THE CONDYLAR
CARTILAGE AFTER INTRACEREBRAL IMPLANTATION
JANSEN.H.W AND DUTERLOO.H.S (1986) STATED THAT CONDYLAR CARTILAGE
SHOWED SIGNIFICANTLY LESS GROWTH THAN OTHERS, SO THE CONDYLE DOES
NOT ACT AS A GROWTH CENTER
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34. 7. CORONOID PROCESS
IT FOLLOWS ENLARGING “V PRINCIPLE”
IN LONGITUDINAL SECTION, DEPOSITION OCCURS ON
LINGUAL SIDE OF BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT CORONOID
PROCESS
GENERAL GROWTH IS “POSTERIORLY,SUPERIORLY AND
MEDIALLY”
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35. GROWTH ROTATION
i) REMODELLING
ii) DISPLACEMENT
THE RAMUS UNDERGOES REMODELLING ROTATION
TO DECREASE THE GONIAL ANGLE---THIS PRODUCES
DISPLACEMENT ROTATION OF THE MANDIBLE AS A
WHOLE
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36. BJORK AND COWORKERS DESCRIBED TWO TYPES
1. INTERNAL ROTATION
ROTATION THAT OCCURS AROUND THE CORE OF THE
MANDIBLE THAT SURROUNDS THE INFERIOR ALVEOLAR
NERVE
i) MATRIX ROTATION– ROTATION AROUND THE CONDYLE
ii) INTRAMATRIX ROTATION— ROTATION AROUND THE BODY
2. EXTERNAL ROTATION
SURFACE CHANGES DUE TO RESORPTION AND
DEPOSITION
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38. OVERALL CHANGES IN ORIENTATION OF JAW RESULTS
FROM THE COMBINATION OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL
ROTATION
THE CORE OF MANDIBLE DURING GROWTH ROTATES IN
SUCH A WAY THAT TENDS TO DECREASE THE MANDIBULAR
PLANE ANGLE i.e UP ANTERIORLY AND DOWN POSTERIORLY
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39. THE ROTATION IS CONSIDERED “FORWARD” IF GROWTH IS
MORE POSTERIORLY THAN ANTERIORLY
THE ROTATION IS “BACKWARD” IF ANTERIOR GROWTH IS
MORE THAN POSTERIOR
INDIVIDUALS OF “SHORT FACE” TYPE HAVE EXCESSIVE
FORWARD GROWTH OF MANDIBLE. THEY HAVE DECREASED
MANDIBULAR AND GONIAL PLANE ANGLE– SQUARE JAW
“LONG FACE” INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXCESSIVE BACKWARD
ROTATION OF MANDIBLE AND HAVE INCREASED MANDIBULAR
PLANE ANGLE
IN GENERAL, MALES HAVE SLIGHT FORWARD GROWTH AND
DECREASED MANDIBULAR PLANE ANGLE
FEMALES HAVE SLIGHT BACKWARD ROTATION OF
MANDIBLE AND INCREASED MANDIBULAR PLANE ANGLE
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40. FACTORS AFFECTING GROWTH
A) SYSTEMIC FACTORS
1. GENETIC
2. HORMONAL IMBALANCE
3. NUTRITION
4. SYSTEMIC ILLNESS OR CHRONIC ILLNESS
5. LOCALISED ALTERATION/ DISEASES OF UTERUS
6. SYSTEMIC ILLNESS IN MOTHER
7. DRUGS
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41. B) LOCAL FACTORS
1. VASCULAR ABNORMALITY
2. LYMPHATIC DISTURBANCE
3. NEUROLOGIC DISEASE
4. LOCAL INFECTION
5. EAR INFECTION OR MASTOIDITIS
6. ANKYLOSIS
7. TRAUMA OR FRACTURE
8. BIRTH INJURY
9. HABITS
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42. ANOMALIES OF MANDIBLE
SOME OF THE SYNDROMES ASSOCIATED WITH
MANDIBULAR ABNORMALITY
i) DOWN’S SYNDROME
ii) MARFAN SYNDROME
iii) TURNER SYNDROME
iv) KLINFELTER SYNDROME
v) PIERRE-ROBIN SYNDROME
vi) TREACHER- COLLINS SYNDROME
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44. ROBERT. CANTOR AND THOMAS. CURTIS BASED ON THE AMOUNT
OF RESECTION OF THE MANDIBLE DEFINED SIX POSTSURGICAL
ANATOMIC CATEGORIES
CLASS I; RADICAL ALVEOLECTOMY WITH PRESERVATION OF THE
MANDIBULAR CONTINUITY
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45. CLASS II: LATERAL RESECTION OF THE MANDIBLE DISTAL TO
THE CUSPID
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46. CLASS III: LATERAL RESECTION OF THE MANDIBLE TO THE
MIDLINE
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47. CLASS IV: LATERAL BONE GRAFT SURGICAL
RECONSTUCTION
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48. CLASS V: ANTERIOR BONE GRAFT SURGICAL
RECONSTRUCTION
CLASS VI: RESECTION OF ANTERIOR PORTION WITHOUT
RECONSTRUCTION
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51. AGE CHANGES OF THE MANDIBLE
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52. SUMMARY
MANDIBLE DEVELOPS FROM FIRST PHARYNGEAL ARCH
SEVERAL CHANGES OCCUR IN THE MANDIBLE DURING THE
DEVELOPMENTAL PERIOD
ANY DISTURBANCE DURING THE NORMAL GROWTH OF THE
MANDIBLE REFLECTS AS A ANOMALY
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53. REFERENCES:
Langman’s medical embryology – T.W. Sadler, 5th Edition.
Oral histology, development, structure and function – A.R. Ten Cate,
4th Edition
The essentials of facial growth – Enlow and Hans, 1st Edition.
Contemporary Orthodontics – William R. Proffit.
Textbook of Pedodontics –Shobha Tandon
Textbook of oral pathology– William Shafer, 4th
Edition
Handbook of Osteology – S.Poddar,8th
Edition
Growth in situ of isolated mandibular segments.
Raymond.c.Bernabei AJO-1978;73-74;24-35
Role of condylar cartilage in mandibular growth-Rosario. Berraquero
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