of a Master's Thesis in Human Biology at the University of Indianapolis filed August 2005 Dr. Stephen P. Nawrocki, Chair Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, Reader In the field of forensic anthropology, the construction of a biological profile is of utmost importance in the identification of a decedent. The biological profile includes the age, sex, stature, and ancestry of the individual. Of these, anc...

The aim of this article is to present intra- and extra-oral and cephalometric findings of three patients with a rare disease: the pycnodysostosis. Two cases had skeletal Class III malocclusion due to maxillary retrognathia and one had bimaxillary retrusion with Class I relationship. Total circular crossbite, increased gonial angle and vertical facial proportions, deep-narrow palates and retrude...

1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Morphology 3.1. Amphibian morphology 3.2. Reptile morphology 3.3. Avian morphology 3.4. Mammalian morphology 4. Neural crest origin of the skeletal elements 5. Signal mechanisms patterning neural crest contributions 6. Mesenchymal condensation 7. Chondrogenesis and osteogenesis 8. Skeletal elements: ossicles 8.1. Columella 8.2. Mouse ossicles – malleus 8.3. Incus ...

The aim of the present study was to examine the craniofacial morphologic characteristics of different vertical dysplasias in a population of Chinese adults with normal occlusion. Sixty-nine subjects (39 males and 30 females) were selected from 800 healthy students between 18 and 24 years of age. Lateral cephalograms were obtained and 27 hard and 10 soft tissue measurements were analysed. The su...

Pycnodysostosis (PDO) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by cathepsin K deficiency which plays an important role in bone metabolism. Among clinical features of this disease which are mainly caused by altered bone remodeling are craniofacial abnormalities such as hypoplastic maxilla and obtuse gonial angle which consequently lead to respiratory insufficiency in forms of pharyngeal narrowin...