Cranial growth in infants ─a longitudinal three-dimensional analysis of the first months of life

In the first months of life, any deviation from a physiological growth pattern can cause skull deformity. As there has not been any longitudinal three-dimensional (3D) study investigating the physiological growth of the infant skull, the aim of the present study was to acquire such data.

Source: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery - April 11, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Philipp Meyer-Marcotty, Felix Kunz, Tilmann Schweitzer, Barbara Wachter, Hartmut B öhm, Nina Waßmuth, Christian Linz Source Type: research