DENTOFACIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Course
- ORTO703 - DENTOFACIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Department
- Orthodontics - English - PhD
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
The aim of this course is to teach concepts of growth and development. Students initially learn principles and theories. Factors affecting physical growth, rudiments of bone growth, theories of growth control will be covered in detail. On the following lessons student will learn prenatal and post natal development of the skull, face, maxilla and the mandible. Detailed knowledge will be provided about the growth direction and mechanisms of the cranial vault, nasomaxillary complex and the mandible. Aging changes in facial soft tissues will also be covered. Development of the dentition, stages of dental development, eruption sequence and timing will be teached so that the students will be able to differentiate normal from abnormal at each stage of dental development.
DENTOFACIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Definition and Stages of Dentofacial Growth and Development |
| Week 2 | Growth and Development of the Head and Face in the Intrauterine Period |
| Week 3 | Growth and Development of Facial Bones, Relocation, Remodeling and Displacements of Bones and B&G Principles |
| Week 4 | Formation of the chondrocranium; G&D of Skull Base; G&D of the Head Vault |
| Week 5 | G&D of the Maxilla (prenatal and postnatal) |
| Week 6 | G&D of Mandible (Prenatal and Postnatal) |
| Week 7 | G&D of Corpus of Mandible, Coronoid Process and Condyl |
| Week 8 | G&D of the Muscles that move the mandible |
| Week 9 | G&D of the Dental arch. |
| Week 10 | G&D of the Dental arch |
| Week 11 | Development of Occlusion |
| Week 12 | Anomalies that develop due to G&D |
| Week 13 | Anomalies that develop due to G&D |
| Week 14 | Anomalies that develop due to G&D |
| Week 15 | - |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 1. Enlow DH: Handbook of facial growth. WB Saunders comp. 2nd ed., 1982
- 02 2. Proffit WR, Fields H.,Larson B.: Contemporary Orthodontics, Chapter 2, Elseiver Health Sciences 2012
- 03 3. Fields HW, Sinclair PM: Dentofacial Growth and Development. J.Dent.Child. 57(1), 46-55,1990
- 04 4. A.Bloch-Zupan, H.Sedano, C.Scully : Dento-oro-Craniofacial Anomalies and Genetics, copyright 2012 Elsevier Inch.
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