[Effects of zygomatic arch resection in rat].

Eighty-two-day-old male Wistar rats were selected to study the pattern of craniofacial growth following partial or total resection of zygomatic arches. Rats were divided into five groups: Group I or control group; group II, with unilateral partial resection of zygomatic arch; group III, with bilateral partial resection; group IV, with unilateral total resection, and group V, with bilateral total resection of zygomatic arch. Direct dry skull and cephalometric measurements showed increased facial projection and decreased transverse facial width on side of resected arch.