Craniofacial Changes in Children-Birth to Late Adolescence

Abstract

Previous studies encompassing variation within the craniofacial complex have been conducted on separate components of the face.However, to date, lacking is a holistic description of how the juvenile craniofacial complex changes from infancy to adulthood that includes separate components in relation to the entirety of the face.Much of the current literature provides highly detailed information on growth and development of separate components.The purpose of this research was to impart an in depth understanding of juvenile craniofacial growth and development such that the distilled information may be utilized in the forensic sciences to further technologies concerning age-progression/regression, computer automated face recognition, and identification.This study involved a literature review, analysis, and consolidation of information, fromseparate facial components relative to the entirety of the face, into a singular paper.Results yielded103 sources, derived from 57 search iterations that initially provided4898 articles.These 103 sources, recognized as highly relevant, were analyzed further.Results of this analysis indicated that about 20 final articles provided the most complete information for a thorough understanding of craniofacial morphological growth and development from birth through maturation, and are explained and summarized in this paper.

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