• About
  • Editorial Board
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
Search
EJPD
  • About
  • Editorial Board
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
  • Sioi
  • Guidelines for Authors
  • Article submission
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy
Home Palate and alveolar ridge development in predental infants: a longitudinal study

Palate and alveolar ridge development in predental infants: a longitudinal study

Authors:

  • F. Ishida
    Nihon University Graduate School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
  • Y. Ukai
    The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
  • T. Shimizu
    Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan Nihon University Research Institute of Oral Science, Matsudo, Chiba, Japan

ABSTRACT


Aim

To investigate the developmental process of palate morphology, including the alveolar ridge, in healthy infants for the
predental period of 7 months from immediately after birth. MATERIALS

Methods

The subjects were 32 healthy infants. Four or more
dental casts were taken of each subject from immediately after birth until 7 months, for a total of 144 dental casts. Twelve characteristics
were then measured in order to morphologically study the subjects' palate development. Principal component analysis (PCA) was
performed to investigate morphological changes in the palatal vault.

Results

The 12 characteristics were classified into either the
alveolar ridge characteristics group, which determined the size of the alveolar ridge, or the palate characteristics group, which
determined palate morphology, with each group showing different growth patterns. The characteristics of width and length increased
with age in the alveolar ridge characteristics group; this correlation was maintained throughout the predental period. Meanwhile, in the
palate characteristics group, the characteristics showed major developmental changes in the first 2 to 3 months after birth, but the
changes were subsequently fewer from 3 to 7 months. The PCA of the palatal vault showed that the first principal component increased
until 3 months but subsequently ceased to change. CONCLUSIONS: In predental infants, growth patterns of palate morphology differed
according to their characteristics. There were major developmental changes in the palate during the first 3 months after birth. The study
findings suggest that palate growth in the first half of the predental period may affect subsequent palate growth.

PLUMX METRICS

Download PDF

Publication date:

Jun /2016

Keywords:

alveolar ridge, development, growth, newborn infant, palate morphology, predental period

Issue:

Vol.17 – n.2/2016

Page:

155 – 163

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Cite:


Harvard: F. Ishida, Y. Ukai, T. Shimizu (2016) "Palate and alveolar ridge development in predental infants: a longitudinal study", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 17(2), pp155-163. doi: https://www.ejpd.eu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/EJPD_2016_2_12.pdf
Vancouver: F. Ishida, Y. Ukai, T. Shimizu. Palate and alveolar ridge development in predental infants: a longitudinal study. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2016Jun.1 [cited 2023Mar.21];17(2):155-163. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/palate-and-alveolar-ridge-development-in-predental-infants-a-longitudinal-study/
MLA: F. Ishida, Y. Ukai, T. Shimizu Palate and alveolar ridge development in predental infants: a longitudinal study. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2016;17(2):155-163

Copyright (c) 2021 Ariesdue

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Linkedin
WhatsApp
Email
Print
    webfactory.bm24
    Editor in chief: dott. Luigi Paglia
    European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry © | ISSN (Online): 2035-648X
    powered by Ariesdue

    CONTACT US
    • About
    • Editorial Board
    • Current Issue
    • Archive
    European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry © | ISSN (Online): 2035-648X
    Registrazione del Tribunale di Milano n. 285 del 14.04.1998 | ROC 1946 - 26.09.2001
    /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Modello di contenuto: Abstracts PubMed - inizio */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Modello di contenuto: Abstracts PubMed - fine */ /* ----------------------------------------- */