European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

FUNCTIONAL MATRIX HYPOTHESIS IN CRANIOFACIAL GROWTH-A REVIEW

Dr. Monis Raza*, Dr. Mohit Mangla, Dr. Swati Shukla, Dr. Nida Nafees, Dr. Ankita Sharma and Dr. Ankit Negi

ABSTRACT

Malocclusion and dentofacial deformities arise through variations in the normal developmental process, and so must be evaluated from the perspective of normal development. Abundant data demonstrate that all growth changes in the size, shape, and spatial position and, indeed, the very maintenance in being, of all skeletal units, are always secondary to temporally primary changes in their specific functional matrices. To clarify this seemingly sweeping statement, it is necessary to define the terms skeletal unit and functional matrix in greater detail. The present review first defines the two basic types of functional matrices (periosteal and capsular) and then demonstrates their differing and yet complementary roles as the primary morphogenetic agencies in skeletal tissue growth.

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