Uniform 3D meshes to establish normative facial averages of healthy infants during the first year of life.

Autor: Brons S; Department of Dentistry, Section of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Meulstee JW; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Nada RM; Faculty of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Jabriya Kuwait City, Kuwait., Kuijpers MAR; Department of Dentistry, Section of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Bronkhorst EM; Department of Dentistry, Section of Preventive and Curative Dentistry, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Bergé SJ; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Maal TJJ; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands., Kuijpers-Jagtman AM; Department of Dentistry, Section of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Biology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 May 20; Vol. 14 (5), pp. e0217267. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 May 20 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217267
Abstrakt: Three-dimensional (3D) surface imaging systems are replacing direct anthropometry as the preferred method for capturing facial soft-tissues. Aims of this study were: (1) to develop normative average 3D faces of healthy infants aged 3, 6, 9, and 12 months and (2) to describe normative average 3D facial growth data in infants aged 3 to 12 months. Three-dimensional images of 50 healthy children were acquired at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of age using the 3dMDcranial system. Four average faces with uniform meshes (3, 6, 9, and 12 months) were developed and registered based on the children's reference frames. Distance maps of growth of the total facial surface and of the nose, upper lip, chin, forehead and cheeks for the intervals 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, and 9 to 12 months of age were calculated. Mean growth of the total facial surface was 3.9 mm (standard deviation [SD] 1.2 mm), 3.5 mm (SD 0.9 mm), and 1.6 mm (SD 0.7 mm) at 3 to 6 months, 6 to 9 months, and 9 to 12 months, respectively. Regarding the selected regions of the face, the mean growth of the nose and upper lip were the largest (3.7 mm and 3.6 mm, respectively) between 6 and 9 months of age. The mean growth of the forehead, cheeks and chin were the largest (5.4 mm, 3.2, and 4.7 mm, respectively) between 3 and 6 months of age. For all facial regions, growth clearly diminished from 9 to 12 months of age. Normative data on the growth of the full face, nose, upper lip, chin, forehead and cheeks are presented. Such data can be used in future studies to identify the effectiveness of treatment of orofacial deformities such as orofacial clefts during the first year of life.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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