Cranial bones and sutures are mechanically loaded during mastication. Their response to
masticatory strain, however, is largely unknown, especially in the context of age change …

The growth and morphology of craniofacial sutures are thought to reflect their functional
environment. However, little is known about in vivo sutural mechanics. The present study …

" In this volume craniofacial developmental and evolutionary biologists, oral and
maxillofacial surgeons, orthodontists as well as pediatric and plastic surgeons will find a …

Among non-mammalian vertebrates, rigid skulls with tight sutural junctions are associated
with high levels of cranial loading. The rigid skulls of mammals presumably act to resist the …

Sutures are fibrous joints in the vertebrate skull. They consist of two bone ends and
intervening fibrous tissue which differentiates from embryonic mesenchyme. Sutures are not …

This review provides a wide-ranging overview of what is known about the development and
growth of intramembranous bones from the cranial and facial sutures, of cartilage and …

The purpose of this study is to test predicted form–function relationships between cranial
suture complexity and masticatory muscle mass and biomechanics in a mouse model …

In addition to their role in skull growth, sutures are sites of flexibility between the more rigid
bones. Depending on the suture, predominant loading during life may be either tensile or …

This review gives a description of the biologic significance of craniofacial sutures with
respect to growth and to growth corrections. Sutural growth and its regulation are discussed …

Sutures are soft connective tissue articulations between craniofacial bones. Suture
mechanics deals with patterns of mechanical stress experienced in sutures resulting from …