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ArticleScientific reports2021

Mathematical modeling of palatal suture pattern formation: morphological differences between sagittal and palatal sutures.

Nobuhide Shibusawa, Yoshie Endo, Naoki Morimoto, Ichiro Takahashi, Takashi Miura

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nobuhide ShibusawaFaculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Yoshie EndoDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan.
Naoki MorimotoLaboratory of Physical Anthropology, Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Ichiro TakahashiSection of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Takashi MiuraDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan. miura_t@anat1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
Kyushu University · JPKyoto University · JPKyushu Dental University · JP

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Abstract

The median palatal suture serves as a growth center for the maxilla; inadequate growth at this site causes malocclusion and dental crowding. However, the pattern formation mechanism of palatal sutures is poorly understood compared with that of calvarial sutures such as the sagittal suture. In the present study, therefore, we compared the morphological characteristics of sagittal and palatal sutures in human bone specimens. We found that palatal suture width was narrower than sagittal suture width, and the interdigitation amplitude of the palatal suture was lower than that of the sagittal suture. These tendencies were also observed in the neonatal stage. However, such differences were not observed in other animals such as chimpanzees and mice. We also used a mathematical model to reproduce the differences between palatal and sagittal sutures. After an extensive parameter search, we found two conditions that could generate the difference in interdigitation amplitude and suture width: bone differentiation threshold [Formula: see text] and growth speed c. We discuss possible biological interpretations of the observed pattern difference and its cause.

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Cranial SuturesModels, BiologicalModels, TheoreticalPalateAnimalsHumansMicePan troglodytes

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PMID33903631
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