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The European Journal of Orthodontics 2007 29(Supplement 1):i82-i88; doi:10.1093/ejo/cjl096
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© European Orthodontic Society. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society.

Sutural growth of the upper face studied by the implant method

Arne Björk

Copenhagen, Denmark
(Transactions of the European Orthodontic Society 1964, pp. 49–65)


  Abstract

An account is given of the technique of inserting metallic implants in the maxilla for radiographic study of growth. The mode of growth of the maxilla as disclosed by this method is outlined. The direction of sutural growth of the upper face in the sagittal plane is analysed and observations on the rate of the sutural growth and its periodic variations in a group of boys are reported. A pre-puberal minimum rate of sutural growth occurred at 111/2 years and a puberal maximum at about 14 years. These times correspond to those for the mandibular growth at the condyles but were a few months later than for the growth in body height. The sutural growth ceased at 17 years – that is, on an average about 2 years earlier than the condylar growth and growth in body height.


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