The influence of masticatory hypofunction on developing rat craniofacial structure

C. Y. Tsai, L. Y. Yang, Kuo-Ting Chen, W. C. Chiu

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摘要

The purpose of this study was to use botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT/A) selectively to evaluate the influence of localized masticatory atrophy and paresis on craniofacial growth and development. 60 growing rats, 4 weeks old, weighing approximately 120 g, were randomly divided according as follows (Long-Evans, N = 15 per group): I (Mb + Tns); II (Mns + Tb); III (Mb + Tb); IV (Mns + Tns), where Mb or Tb is the BoNT/A-injected masseter or temporalis muscles (1.0 U/muscle, 2.5 ml) and Mns or Tns is the saline-injected muscles (2.5 ml). After 7 weeks, the mature rats were killed, the muscles dissected and mean muscle mass recorded. Anthropometric cranial, maxillary and mandibular measurements were taken from the dried skulls. Changes in animal weight during the growth period were not statistically significant. The mean masticatory muscle mass was smaller for the BoNT/A-injected muscles of Mb and Tb. Anthropometric measurements of bony structures inserted by masseter and temporalis muscles revealed a significant treatment effect. The measurements showed a facial morphology typical of a dolichofacial profile: short upper face accompanied by a long lower face with an extended mandibular length and ramus height and constricted bicoronoidal and bigonial widths. The results suggest that induction of localized masticatory muscle atrophy with BoNT/A alters craniofacial growth and development.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)593-598
頁數6
期刊International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
39
發行號6
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 6月 2010

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 手術
  • 口腔外科
  • 耳鼻咽喉科

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