Cranial sutures and diploae morphology

Vol. 54 No. 4, 2013

ROMANIAN JOURNAL of MORPHOLOGY and EMBRYOLOGY

Claudia Corega, Ligia Vaida, Ioana Tiberia Ilias, D. Bertossi, Ionela Teodora Dascalu

The aim of the study was to assess the normal cranial suture and bone diploae ultrastructural morphology. Two types of sutures from different specimens were collected. The micro-CT scanning provided a three-dimensional view of the sutures at a microscopic level thus allowing the evaluation of the development stage and a rapid analysis evaluation of bone and diploae morphology. In the meantime, the micro-CT is able to generate more slices than the normal histology preserving the analyzed specimens and became one of the most powerful tools in the craniofacial area. The micro-CT analysis generated structure-orientated slices that in conjunction with the histological sections provide a high quality quantitative analysis of all cranial sutures and of the cranial bones diploae.

Corresponding author: Ligia Vaida, Associate Professor, DMD, PhD; e-mail: ligia_vaida@yahoo.com

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