Talk:AACP Meeting 2013 - Face Embryology

An atlas of prenatal development of the human orofacial region

Eur J Oral Sci. 2010 Aug;118(4):321-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2010.00756.x.

Radlanski RJ, Renz H. Source Center for Dental and Craniofacial Sciences, Department of Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Charité- Campus Benjamin Franklin at Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. ralfj.radlanski@charite.de

Abstract

There are several atlases available showing prenatal human development. However, none is focused on prenatal orofacial development during maxillary and mandibular bone formation. These events, together with dental development and formation of the temporomandibular joint, take place during several fetal stages. While photographic atlases are limited to depicting the outer shape, and atlases based on histological sections only show a series of single sections, an atlas based on three-dimensional reconstructions from serial sections can show both the outer skin and the structures underneath, which can be electronically dissected layer by layer. In this Focus article, we present our atlas on prenatal human orofacial development, which is accessible online at the Journal's website. (c) 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation (c) 2010 Eur J Oral Sci.

PMID 20662903