title: [Physiology of craniofacial development].
abstract: This topic summarizes basic principles of the development and the postnatal growth of the craniofacial skeleton. The different stages involved in the progressive ossification of facial bones are exposed: the intramembranous ossification, the endochondral (intracartilagenous) ossification and the changes (remodelling and relocation) associated with periosteal and endosteal membranes.
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Institut de Dentisterie, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Limme
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008334:Mandible / Q000254:growth & development; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D010012:Osteogenesis; D012119:Respiration; D012886:Skull / Q000254:growth & development*
vernacular_title: Physiologie de la croissance cranio-faciale.