Table of Contents:
  • Mechanisms of embryology
  • Early embryonic development
  • Early orofacial development
  • Pharyngeal arches
  • Pharyngeal pouches and pharyngeal grooves
  • Bone development and growth
  • Calvaria
  • Cranial base
  • Facial skeleton
  • Palate
  • Paranasal sinuses
  • Mandible
  • Temporomandibular joint
  • Skull growth : sutures and cephalometrics
  • Tongue and tonsils
  • Salivary glands
  • Muscle development
  • Special sense organs
  • Development of the dentition (odontogenesis)
  • Craniofacial disorders with known single gene mutations