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2. Contents
• Cranial base changes
• Orbital changes
• Nasal changes
• Maxilla changes
• Evolution of the
mandible
• Evolution of the TMJ
• Dentition changes
• Summation of
changes
• Application to
orthodontics
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3. “The human face is a
living mirror held out to
the living world”….
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4. Introduction
• Facial patterns have changed throughout
evolution, and these evolutionary changes
have some definite hidden causes that has
resulted in the facial patterns we see today.
• Human face- unusual-lacks elongated
graceful snout and muzzle flowing back into
a streamlined neurocranium
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5. • They possess-large round head with
combinations of facial patterns so bizzare
• Has broad,vertical flattened face
enveloped by an enormous balloon shaped
cranium with a bulbous forehead above a
small ,razor thin,fleshy proboscis and a
chin below with owl like orbits and a tiny
mouth that rests between muzzleless
jaws….
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6. What initiated the
evolutionary chain??
Number of hypothesis-set forth
Possible factors-Brachiation and the development
of a huge brain
Precise evolutionary changes-speculative,the
anatomic consequences and the functional and
developmental relationships involved-well
understood
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7. Changes in the cranial base
• Man –few truly bipedal mammal that exists today
• The human body has made many adaptations to its
upright stance,some of which are reflected in the skull
and the face…
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8. Mammals showed a “FLAT” basal cranium..
With evolution–enormous enlargement of the cerebrum
around a much lesser enlarging mid ventral segment
Causing the bending of the whole underside of the brain
Resulted in “FLEXURE” of the human cranial base
Shift in position of FORAMEN MAGNUM-ultimately
resulted in an “upright head posture” on a vertical
spine
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10. Changes in the frontal boneChanges in the frontal bone
Expansion of the frontal lobes-frontal bone
displaces upward and outward
Results in distinctive,bulbous,upright “forehead”
Frontal lobes relate to rotation of human orbit into
new position
As forehead is rotated into a vertical plane by the
brain behind it,the superior orbital rims is carried
with it resulting in the eyes to point at right angles
to the spinal cord.
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12. BRAIN ENLARGEMENT
FLEXURE OF CRANIUM
SPINAL CORD-
vertical
ROTATION OF
ORBIT
UPRIGHT STANCEUPRIGHT STANCE FORWARD DIRECTIONFORWARD DIRECTION
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13. Changes in the orbit
Early mammals generally had the orbits pointed in an oblique
direction
Massive Expansion of the cerebrum-two separate axis of orbital
rotation
Frontal lobe expansion displaces the orbit vertically
Temporal lobe expansion displaces orbit horizontally in
medial directions into a “binocular vision”
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16. Significance of orbital rotation
• Change to a binocular vision
• Reduced the dimension of the inter orbital space
• This was one of the factor that resulted in the reduction
in the “extent of snout protrusion”
• Decrease in the interorbital segment reduces the
structural and the physiologic base of the bony nose
and hence results in a “shorter snout”
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18. Changes in the nasal region
The nasal region above and
the oral region below are two
sides of the same coin –palate
Reduction in the nasal
protrusion is accompanied by
a more or less equivalent
reduction of the jaw.
Reduction of facial length
horizontally, however there is
a vertical rotation of the face-
due to the enlargement of the
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20. Rotation of the olfactory bulbs
• In mammals-they are
UPRIGHT or
OBLIQUELY aligned
• In man the bulbs-rotated
to HORIZONTAL
position by the cerebrum
• Significant-design of the
face
• Olfactory bulbs relate to
the alignment and the
direction of growth of the
adjacent nasal region
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21. • Long axis of the snout in most mammals-points
towards the general direction of the sensory
olfactory nerves
• The plane of the nasomaxillary region is
approximately perpendicular to the plane of the
olfactory bulbs
• Major anatomic and functional relationship
involved in the basic plan of the face in any
mammal.
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24. Changes in the maxilla
Maxilla in most
mammals-triangular
configuartion
In man-rectangular in
shape.
Caused by rotation of the
occlusion into a
horizontal plane to adapt
to the vertical rotation of
the midface
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25. • Facial rotation-development
of the maxillary sinus beneath
the orbital floor and above the
shortened maxillary arch
• Human maxilla is a
distinctively shaped upper
jaw,uniquely rectangular
rather than triangular like
other mammals
• An orbital floor added to the
maxilla because middle and
lower parts of the face have
been rotated to a position
beneath the eyes
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26. • Reduction in the nasal
region along with
orbital
convergence,olfactory-
ant.cranial fossa
rotation will also
accompany an equal
reduction in the
maxillary arch length
• Palate is shared in
common.
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27. Bulbous
forehead
Rotation of orbit
upright position
Bimaxillary reduction-
prognathism
Reduction in
snout
Rotation of
maxillary arch
Rotation of
nasal region
VERTICAL HUMAN
FACE
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28. Evolution of mandible
• Elasmobranchial fishes –
• Upper jaw – palatoquadrate bar which is
attached to the cranial part of the skull in
front by ligaments and behind through the
intermediary of hyomandibular cartilage
• Lower jaw – meckel’s cartilage which
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29. Amphibians
• Dermal bones are laid down in the region of the
primary jaw elements
• Some of the imp. Bones are dentary, splenial,
angular, sur angular, coronoid and angular
• Dentary and splenial contain the teeth
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30. Reptiles
• Dermal bones decreased in no.
• Dentary became the major part of the lower jaw
• Articulare bone which has replaced the back part
of the meckels cart. Still forms the hind most
part of the jaw and articulates with the quadrate
• Back of the dentary grows upward to be related
to the squamosal part of the temporal bone.
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31. Mammal
• The original temporomandibular joint is retained
in the homosapiens as the malleoincisal joint in
the middle ear.
• The articulare bone is reduced to malleolus and
the quadrate to form the incus and the joint
formed between them called the malleoincisal
joint
• Interestingly this joint helps the embryo in the
spasmodial gasping when the TMJ is in the
early stages of the development
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32. • The meckels cartilage that forms a scaffold for
the formation of the mandible is reduced to the
sphenomandibular ligament
• The primitive joint and the established joint
functions together for some time and as the new
joint is developed the original joint is retained to
the middle ear to take over other function which
is a classic feature of the phylogenetic
development
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33. Changes in the dentition
[ Fred.F.Crutcher AO 1998]
Evolution of dentition found as early in the
primates
“Megazostrodon”-oldest known mammal… first
fossil evidence uncovered some 200 million yrs
ago.
“Tree shrews” –the most primitive of primates.a
variation of megazostrodon
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34. Tree shrews
The dental formula for this primate was
UPPER- I-2, C-1, P-3, M-3
LOWER-I-3, C-1, P-3,M-3
All the teeth were generally more cone shaped
than other primates
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35. Lemurs
Next step up the primate ladder.
Dental formula was
UPPER AND LOWER-I-2, C-1, P-3, M-3
Central and lateral incisors are cone shaped
Wide diastema b/w both the centrals
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36. In some lemurs,upper anteriors are
entirely missing
Lower centrals and laterals form a specialized
comb
They are elongated and procumbent and are joined
by adjacent similarly formed canines
lower premolar develops into a canine form
The anterior comb was used for groomong and also
to scoop fresh gums and juice from trees
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37. Aye-aye
Lemur genus
Dental formula was
upper-I-0, C-1, P-1, M-3
lower-I-O, C-1,P-0,M-3
Upper and lower canines are inclined labially and
are in contact right with the left.
Teeth erupt throughout the lifetime which
maintains the length
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38. Tarsier
Combination of primitive and advanced
features
Dental formula is
upper-I-2, C-1, P-3, M-3
lower-I-1, C-1, P-3, M-3
All the incisors and the canines are cone shaped
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39. Monkeys
2 types- old world and new world monkeys
Dental formula in the old world
upper and lower- I-2, C-1, P-2, M-3
For the new world monkeys
upper and lower –I-2, C-1, P-3, M-3
Canines were used mainly for fighting or are
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40. Anthropoid apes
Four living types:
Gorilla
Gibbon
Orangutan
chimpanzee
Gorilla
Strong incisors with chisel like edges
central is larger than lateral and slopes gingivally
on the distal
Labial surface concave
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41. Diastema b/w canine and the laterals
Maxillary pre molars have a definite buccal and
lingual cusp
Mandibular premolars show a subdued lingual
cusp
Sexual dimorphism in the canines is well defined
females-strong curved upper canines
males-canines are like fangs,long curved and
sharp.
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42. Gibbon
Central incisors are broad,laterals are pointed
Labially they are convex
Lingually concave mesiodistally
Lower incisors are equal in shape and have sharp
chisel like edges
Upper canines are long and curved,lower canines
are large and conical with the tips standing well
above the occlusal plane
Premolars are bicuspid
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43. Oranguttan
Dentition similar to gorrila except that the
jaws are narrower
Canines show sexual dimorphism
Chimpanzee
Dentition similar to oranguttan
Wider dental arch
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44. Homosapiens
The dental formula is
upper and lower-I-2, C-1, P-2, M-3
The chief changes are reduction in the size of the
teeth
little changes occurred in the shape of the teeth
except for the reduction in the number of the cusp
Greater reduction in the alveolar process
increasing the tendency for dental crowding in the
jaws
Development of a characteristic prominent chin-its
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45. Changes in the nasal mucosa - function
Nasal mucosa –active site temperature regulation
in most mammals
Vasoconstriction and dilatation of the vessels in
the massive spread of mucosa covering the
turbinates control the amount of heat retention
and the loss
Because of nasal reduction in man,function
taken over by the relatively hairless and sweat
gland loaded integument…
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46. Changes in the diet
Refined food habits
Decreased jaw size
Decrease in the
function of the
masticatory muscle unit
Reduced mesio
occlusal attrition
Increase in the tooth size
Malocclusion
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47. Aye Aye- incisor absent
mesial migration of the canine
palatal canine Impaction
Tarsier – coniform incisor
pegged lateral
I 3 incisor pattern
diastema and supernumerary
?
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48. Summation
• Erect posture
• Increased cranial capacity
• Regression of the snout
• Naso maxillary rotation
• Decreased bulk of the musculature
• Increased tooth material
• Decreased jaw size
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49. Is it possible to link these evolutionary changes to
malocclusion????
Though a number of studies in Aboriginals have
been done to relate the changes to malocclusion.
The role of environmental factors and the genetic
factors still remain a unsolved mystery.
To be aware of all the possibilities responsible into
developing a malocclusion is essential to achieve a
neuromuscular balance in spite of the racial and
esthetic values that may differ in different ethnic
groups.
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50. • Identify the mutually dependent changes and if
the changes have failed to occur to maintain the
balance then there is an imbalance in the system
leading to the development of an abnormality
• To recognize this abnormality, relate to the
absence of the mutually dependent changes and
treat to achieve the balance is the duty of the
functioning anthropologists.
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