OSTEOLOGY OF MAXILLA AND MANDIBLE

The study of head form in man has always been of the study of head form in man has always been of considerable interest to anthropologist anatomists & other considerable interest to anthropologist anatomists & other students of human growth. In fact the wide array of students of human growth. In fact the wide array of students involved in solving the complex phenomenon of “GROWTH” have been aptly described by Krogman as early as 1943 in have been aptly described by Krogman as early as 1943 in these golden words:-these golden words:- ““ Growth was conceived by an anatomist. Growth was conceived by an anatomist born to a biologist delivered by a physicianleft on aborn to a biologist delivered by a physicianleft on a chemist’s doorstep & adopted by a physiologist & is now being wooed alternately &psychologist & is now being wooed alternately & concurrently by an endocrinologist a pediatrician alternately & concurrently by an endocrinologist a pediatrician a physical anthropologist an educationalist a biochemist aphysical anthropologist an educationalist a biochemist a physicist a mathematician an orthodontist and a pedodontist.