Time and pattern of the fusion of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis in patients with skeletal Class I and Class III malocclusion.

CONCLUSIONS:: The time and pattern of fusion of the spheno-occipital synchondrosis are not apparently different between patients with Class I malocclusion and those with Class III malocclusion. The osseous cores appear frequently in the supero-center and mid-center of the synchondrosis with various patterns before the end of the pubertal growth spurt period.
PMID: 30516418 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - December 5, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Yang JH, Cha BK, Choi DS, Park JH, Jang I Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research