Evaluation of mandibular geometry in healthy children aged 0–1 year – a pilot study

Lipowicz, Anna; Kawlewska, Edyta; Larysz, Dawid; Kostyra, Patrycja; Graja, Katarzyna; Joszko, Kamil; Gzik-Zroska, Bożena; Wolański, Wojciech

doi:10.37190/abb-02312-2023-03

Abstract

Purpose: The main aim of the research was the three-dimensional morphological assessment of the mandible in children.

Materials and Methods: The research group consisted of 34 infants from 21 to 417 days of age (0–13 months). Models of the mandibles were developed on the basis of tomographic images. Characteristic anatomical points were marked on the models, on the basis of which characteristic distances and angles were calculated, determining the length, width and height of the mandible as well as its proportion and symmetry. Based on the obtained database, 3D models of mandibular growth in the first year of life were also developed.

Conclusions: The analysis of the results revealed some significant objective information on the growth and development of the normal mandible.

References

Bulygina E., Mitteroecker P., Aiello, L., Ontogeny of facial dimorphism and patterns of individual development within one human population, Am. J. Phys. Anthropol., 2006, 131 (3), 432–443, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.20317.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Carlson D.S., Buschang P.H., Craniofacial Growth and Development: Developing a Perspective, 2016.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Chia M.S., Naini F.B., Gill D.S., The aetiology, diagnosis and management of mandibular asymmetry, Ortho Update, 2008, 1, 44–52.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ciocca L., Mazzoni S., Marchetti C., Scotti R., Technical aspects of prosthetically guided maxillofacial surgery of the mandible. A pilot test study, Acta Bioeng. Biomech., 2014, 16 (2), 21–29.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Cohen M.M. Jr, Perspectives on craniofacial asymmetry. The biology of asymmetry, Int. J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg., 1995, 24, 2–7, DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)80848-3.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Danescu A., Rens E.G., Rehki J., Woo J., Akazawa T., Fu K., Edelstein-Keshet L., Richman J.M., Symmetry and fluctuation of cell movements in neural crest-derived facial mesenchyme, Development, 2021, 148, dev193755, DOI: 10.1242/dev.193755.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Dowgierd K., Lipowicz A., Kulesa-Mrowiecka M., Wolański W., Linek P., Myśliwiec A., Efficacy of immediate physiotherapy after surgical release of zygomaticocoronoid ankylosis in a young child: A case report, Physiother. Theory Pract., 2022, 38 (13), 3187–3193, DOI: 10.1080/09593985.2021.1952672, Epub. 2021 Jul. 15, PMID: 34266352.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Enlow D.H., Harris D.B., A study of the postnatal growth of the human mandible, Am. J. Orthod., 1964, 50 (1), 25–50, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9416(64)80016-6
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Enlow D.H., Facial growth, Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1990.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Gawlikowska-Sroka A, Dąbrowski P, Szczurowski J, Dzięciołowska-Baran E, Staniowski T., Influence of physiological stress on the presence of hypoplasia and fluctuating asymmetry in a medieval population from the village of Sypniewo, Int. J. Paleopathol., 2017, 19, 43–52, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2017.10.002.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Hovhannisyan A., Kostrzewa-Janicka J., Zadurska M., Mierzwińska-Nastalska E., Development and growth of the facial skeleton in individual skeletal classes in the human population – Literature review, Forum Ortod., 2018, 14, 48–60.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Huertas D., Ghafari J., New posteroanterior cephalometric norms: a comparison with craniofacial measures of children treated with palatal expansion, Angle Orthod., 2005, 71, 285–292, DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(2001)071<;0285:NPCNAC>2.0.CO;2.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Hutchinson E.F., L’Abbé E.N., Oettlé A.C., An assessment of early mandibular growth, Forensic Sci. Int., 2012, 217, e1–233. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.11.014.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kawlewska E., Wolański W., Larysz D., Gzik-Zroska B., Joszko K., Gzik M., Gruszczyńska K., Statistical analysis of cranial measurements – determination of indices for assessing skull shape in patients with isolated craniosynostosis, [in:] M. Gzik, E. Tkacz, Z. Paszenda, E. Piętka (Eds.) Innovations in Biomedical Engineering, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 526, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47154-9_16
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kelly M.P., Vorperian H.K., Wang Y., Tillman K.K., Werner H.M., Chung M.K., Gentry L.R., Characterizing mandibular growth using three-dimensional imaging techniques and anatomic landmarks, Arch. Oral Biol., 2017, 77, 27–38, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.01.018
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Koudelová J., Hoffmannová E., Dupej J., Velemínská J., Simulation of facial growth based on longitudinal data: Age progression and age regression between 7 and 17 years of age using 3D surface data, PLoS ONE, 2019, 14 (2), e0212618, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212618
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kula K.A, Esmailnejad A., Hass A., Dental arch asymmetry in children with large overjets, Angle Orthod., 1998, 68, 45–52, DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1998)068<;0045:DAAICW>2.3.CO;2, PMID: 9503134.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Lipowicz A., Wolański W., Kawlewska E., Zwolska P., Kulesa-Mrowiecka M., Dowgierd K., Linek P., Myśliwiec A., Evaluation of mandibular growth and symmetry in child with congenital zygomatic-coronoid ankylosis, Symmetry, 2021, 13 (9), 16–34, https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13091634
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Liu Y., Behrents R., Buschang P., Mandibular growth, remodeling, and maturation during infancy and early childhood, Angle Orthod., 2010, 80, 97–105, DOI: 10.2319/020309-67.1.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Malinowski A., Ontogeny of the human mandible, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra 2003 (in Polish).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Maspero C., Farronato M., Bellincioni F., Cavagnetto D., Abate A., Assessing mandibular body changes in growing subjects: a comparison of CBCT and reconstructed lateral cephalogram measurements, Sci. Rep., 2020, 10 (1), 11722, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68562-6.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Meyer-Marcotty P., Kunz F., Schweitzer T., Wachter B., Bohm H., Wassmuth N., Linz C., Cranial growth in infants – a longitudinal three-dimensional analysis of the first months of life, J. Craniomaxillofac. Surg., 2018, 46 (6), 987–993, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcms.2018.04.009
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Niikuni N., Nakajima I., Akasaka M., The relationship between tongue-base position and craniofacial morphology in preschool children, J. Clin. Pediatr. Dent., 2004, 28, 131–134, DOI: 10.17796/jcpd.28.2.7w76065u63086366.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ramirez-Yañez G.O., Stewart A., Franken E., Campos K., Prevalence of mandibular asymmetries in growing patients, Eur. J. Orthod., 2011, 33, 236–242, DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjq057.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Schipper J.A.M., van Lieshout M.J., Böhringer S., Padwa B.L., Robben S.G., van Rijn R.R., Koudstaal M.J., Lequin M.H., Wolvius E.B., Modelling growth curves of the normal infant’s mandible: 3D measurements using computed tomography, Clin. Oral Invest., 2021, 25 (11), 6365–6375, DOI: 10.1007/s00784-021-03937-1.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Tanikawa C., Zere E., Takada K., Sexual dimorphism in the facial morphology of adult humans: A three-dimensional analysis, HOMO-J. Comp. Hum. Biol., 2016, 67 (1), 23–49, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchb.2015.10.001.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Tejszerska D., Wolański W., Larysz D., Gzik M., Sacha E., Morphological analysis of the skull shape in craniosynostosis, Acta Bioeng. Biomech., 2011, 13 (1), 35–40.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Thiesen G., Gribel B.F., Freitas M.P.M., Facial asymmetry: A current review, Dent. Press J. Orthod., 2015, 20, 110–125, DOI: 10.1590/2177-6709.20.6.110-125.sar.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Tutkuviene J., Cattaneo C., Obertová Z., Ratnayake M., Poppa P., Barkus A., Ritz-Timme S., Age- and sex-related growth patterns of the craniofacial complex in European children aged 3–6 years, Ann. Hum. Biol., 2016, 43 (6), 510–519, https://doi.org/10.3109/03014460.2015.1106584.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Ursi W.J.S., Trotman C.A., McNamara K.J., Behrents R.G., Sexual dimorphism in normal craniofacial growth, Angle Orthod., 1993, 63, 47–56, DOI: 10.1043/0003-3219(1993)063<;0047:SDINCG>2.0.CO;2.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Waitzman A.A., Posnick J.C., Armstrong D.C., Pron G.E., Craniofacial skeletal measurements based on computed tomography. Part II. Normal values and growth trends, Cleft Palate Craniofac. J., 1992, 29, 118–128, DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569_1992_029_0118_csmboc_2.3.co_2.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Wolański W., Modeling and predicting changes in the morphology of the child’s head, Silesian University of Technology, 2015 (in Polish).
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Yamada T., Mori Y., Minami K., Mishima K., Tsukamoto Y., Three-dimensional analysis of facial morphology in normal Japanese children as control data for cleft surgery, Cleft Palate Craniofac. J., 2002, 39, 517–526, DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569_2002_039_0517_tdaofm_2.0.co_2.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Evaluation of mandibular geometry in healthy children aged 0–1 year – a pilot study

Abstract

Paradigm

My account