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 physician,left on a,born to a biologist ,delivered by a physician,left 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.