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FACIAL BONES + anatomy & histology

1. Lazić B, Keros J, Komar D, Ćatović A, Azinović Z, Bagić I. Assesment of craniometric and skelototopic characteristics of the facial skeleton and palate in a population of North-West Croatia. Acta Stomatol Croat. 2000;34(2):137-47.
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   Title in English:	Assesment of craniometric and skelototopic characteristics of the facial skeleton and palate in a population of North-West Croatia
   Title in Croatian:	Određivanje kraniometrijskih i skeletotopskih osobitosti kostura lica i nepca u populaciji sjeverozapadne Hrvatske
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	FACIAL BONES + anatomy & histology PALATE CRANIOMETRY
   Abstract:	The entire osseous system of transmission of mastication forces may be divided into five smaller units: the lower jaw, the anterior and posterior system of facial mid-portion, the frontal bone with the base of the cerebral cranial segment and the cerebral part of the skull. The development of these regions is simultaneously influenced by genetic determinants and numerous external (environment, climate) and general factors (statics, gravity, upright walking).The objective was to study basic craniometric and skeletotopic characteristics of the facial skeleton and hard palate in osteologic samples kept at the "Drago PeroviE" Department of Anatomy. A total of 64 skulls pertaining to both sexes were included in the study. Following determination of craniometric points, measurements of twelve selected indicators were made by electron gliding meter with 0.01 error probability and by goniometer with 1 percent error probability. The obtained results were compared with the data of similar studies and, together with other harmonic distances, they were mathematically inserted into a harmonic circle with the diameter of 2R. The height of the skull is taken to be 2R, which is one sixth of an adult person's height.The obtained measurements have ensured the basis for further mathematical and structural analyses of the cranial structure.

2. Gaži-Čoklica V, Miličić A, Šlaj M, Brčić R. [Growth dynamics of the four main craniofacial dimensions in relation to orthodontic finding - a longitudinal study]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1990;24(1):27-38.
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   Title in English:	Growth dynamics of the four main craniofacial dimensions in relation to orthodontic finding - a longitudinal study
   Title in Croatian:	Dinamika rasta četiri osnovne kraniofacijalne dimenzije s obzirom na ortodontski nalaz - longitudinalna studija
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT MALOCCLUSION + diagnosis FACIAL BONES + anatomy & histology LONGITUDINAL STUDIES CEPHALOMETRY DENTITION, PRIMARY DENTITION, MIXED
   Abstract:	Analysis of growth dynamics of the four main craniofacial dimensions at the transition point from primary into mixed dentition was performed in order to better determine the effect of individual orthodontic anomalies starting to manifest at that time, on the direction and extent of the alterations observed. A sample consisting of 73 children aged 3.5-5.5 years, free of any overt symptoms of orthodontic anomalies, were re-examined at the age of 6.5-8.5 years and divided into groups according to orthodontic findings then obtained. Mean values (and their differences) of the defined parameters obtained on the first and second measurement were analyzed, both for the sample in total and separately, according to the orthodontic findings in mixed dentition. Based on this data, specific relationships between alterations in each craniofacial dimension and maxillary morphology, specific for particular anomaly, were determined. In the group free of growth dynamics anomalies, both facial and both cranial parameters were almost identical. More or less expressed alterations of a single facial or cranial parameter in dysgnathic subjects may have been related to oral symptoms of the respective anomaly. At the same time, results obtained in the study suggested the size of the four main craniofacial dimensions to differ as early as in primary dentition, and become grouped, depending on the development of future orthodontic anomaly.

3. Rak D, Muretić Ž. [Roentgencephalometric evaluation of skeletal craniofacial types]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1989;23(3):213-24.
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   Title in English:	Roentgencephalometric evaluation of skeletal craniofacial types
   Title in Croatian:	Rendgenkefalometrijska evaluacija skeletnih kraniofacijalnih tipova
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	CEPHALOMETRY + methods FACIAL BONES + anatomy & histology DENTAL OCCLUSION MALOCCLUSION + diagnosis MANDIBLE MAXILLA ROTATION MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
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4. Gaži-Čoklica V, Brčić R, Miličić A, Šlaj M. [Dynamics of the growth of craniofacial structures - a longitudinal study]. Acta Stomatol Croat. 1989;23(1):3-12.
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   Title in English:	Dynamics of the growth of craniofacial structures - a longitudinal study
   Title in Croatian:	Dinamika rasta kraniofacijalnih struktura - longitudinalna studija
   Type of Article:	original scientific paper
   MeSH:	MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT FACE + anatomy & histology FACIAL BONES + anatomy & histology LONGITUDINAL STUDIES
   Abstract:	The frequency of basal cranial and facial forms, and of craniofacial indices, was analyzed to obtain some additional information on the craniofacial growth during a dynamic interval of the conversion of primary into mixed dentition. A sample of 72 children aged 3.5-5.5 years, free of any symptoms of orthodontic anomalies, were re-evaluated at the age of 6.5-8.5 years. The children were divided into groups according to anomalies possibly present on the second examination. Analysis of the subject distribution into cranial and facial forms revealed slight alterations during the period of observation. Therefore, analysis of the magnitude and frequency of index alterations was also included in the study. These analyses led to a conclusion that changes in the craniofacial form were quite frequently present but their intensity was too low for a subject to be allocated to the other basal group. A relationship between the craniofacial form alteration and maxillary morphology specific for particular anomaly could also be discerned. Thus, alterations in each individual dimension included in the indices, occurring during the mentioned interval, should be analyzed to shed more light upon the problem.