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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 3/2007

01-04-2007 | Original Article

Anatomical modifications of the mid palatal suture during ageing: a radiographic study

Authors: T. N’Guyen, F. Cyna Gorse, C. Vacher

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 3/2007

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Abstract

In transverse maxillary deficiencies it is important to know if the mid palatal suture is obliterated or not, to decide which treatment to perform (orthodontic expansion or surgical disjunction of the suture). The maxillary sutures obliteration has been used in forensic medicine in estimating adult age at death. In order to determine the proportion of mid palatal suture obliteration in the elderly in man, we examined 100 consecutive CT scans of the palate. This study has shown that the age of mid palatal total obliteration was variable. The obliteration begins in the anterior and in the superior part of the palate. The inferior part of the junction between the palatal processes is the last part of the suture to be obliterated.
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Metadata
Title
Anatomical modifications of the mid palatal suture during ageing: a radiographic study
Authors
T. N’Guyen
F. Cyna Gorse
C. Vacher
Publication date
01-04-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0204-6

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