Schneiderman Facial Growth in the Rhesus Monkey

A Longitudinal Cephalometric Study
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6282-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

For a wide spectrum of scientists from biomedical and dental researchers to primatologists and physical anthropologists, Emet Schneiderman offers the most accurate and up-to-date presentation of the normal growth of the lower facial skeleton in a primate species. His study is based on a sample of thirty-five captive rhesus monkeys, whose facial growth was traced over a ten-year period spanning from infancy to adulthood. The author identifies the relative contribution of various sites of growth, quantifies the relative roles of different types of development--such as appositional and condylar--and sheds light on several long-standing controversies as to how the primate face grows. Unlike many of the traditional cephalometric measurements, the ones included in this work were chosen to reflect the positional, dimensional, and localized remodeling changes that occur during ontogeny. Using a new statistical approach designed for longitudinal data, Schneiderman avoids the misleading information that has often resulted from older, cross-sectional statistical methods. This book serves as a foundation for future experimental and normal studies in the rhesus monkey and, from a methodological standpoint, as a general model for future longitudinal growth studies.

Originally published in 1992.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Schneiderman, Emet D.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

List of Statistical Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction 3

Significance 4

Approaches 5

Scope of Presentation of This Study 6

Background 7

2 Materials and Methods 19

Primate Samples 19

Radiographic Cephalometry 21

Cephalometric Measurements 40

Statistical Analysis 56

Format of Results 63

3 Age Estimation 65

Background 66

Approach 67

Findings 69

Comparison of Estimated and Actual Ages 71

Discussion and Conclusions 71

4 Results 75

Maxillary Growth and Remodeling in Males 75

Mandibular Growth and Remodeling in Males 91

Changes in the Occlusal Plane in Males 111

Coordination of Maxillomandibular Growth 114

Sexual Dimorphism 116

5 Discussion 121

Morphological Issues 121

Statistical Issues 137

6 Conclusions 143

Summary of Findings 143

Limitations of the Present Study 151

Captive versus Natural Populations 152

Comprehensive Analysis of Longitudinal Data Sets 154

Specific Areas for Future Research 155

App. A. Computer Software and Hardware 159

App. B. Age Prediction Equations 161

App. C. Statistical Tables 165

References 201

Author Index 209

Subject Index 211