Craniofacial parameters during growth from the deciduous to permanent dentition--a longitudinal study.

Data on the dynamics of craniofacial growth, obtained by simple non-invasive measurements, are scarce in comparison with those collected by cephalometric methods. The aim of this study was to measure a number of craniofacial parameters, and to evaluate their changes during transition from the deciduous to the permanent dentition. A sample of 61 subjects (32 boys and 29 girls) were followed longitudinally by annual examination from an initial mean age of 4.

[An analysis of craniofacial changes from deciduous to the first stage of mixed dentition].

Analysis has been done, with intention to observe dynamic of craniofacial changes, from deciduous to the end of the first phase of the mixed dentition. In the longitudinal sample, consisted of 67 children both sexes, observed from 3.5 to 8.

[Growth dynamics of the four main craniofacial dimensions in relation to orthodontic finding--a longitudinal study].

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.

[The changes of the occlusal relationship from deciduous to the permanent dentition in the longitudinal sample].

The examination of the dynamics of the changes in sagittal, vertical and transversal occlusal relationship has been carried out on the sample of the 66 examinees of the both sexes. The children were examined for the first time at the age of 3.7 years, the again three times repeatedly (within a year) during the first period of the change of teeth.

[Gnathometric changes in examinees with and without early findings of crowding--a longitudinal study].

The longitudinal sample of children of both sexes (31 without crowding and 39 with crowding) has been investigated to examine the influence of clinically estimated findings in the deciduous dentition in the volume of jaw growth as well as in the occurrence of some malocclusions in the mixed dentition. The children were examined for the first time at the age of 4.5 and again 3 years later.

[Dynamics of the growth of craniofacial structures-a longitudinal study].

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.