Understanding Craniofacial Anomalies

Mark P. Mooney, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Oral Medicine and Pathology at the University of Pittsburgh. He has conducted research and published extensively on craniofacial anomalies for over 20 years. He also teaches health professional, graduate, and undergraduate courses in Anatomy, Physical Anthropology, and Growth and Development. Michael I. Siegel, Ph. D. is a Professor of Physical Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh. For over 30 years he has taught research design courses as well as Anatomy, Physical Anthropology and Human Biology. He has conducted research and published extensively on the topic of craniofacial anomalies.

Forward. Preface. Contributors. SECTION I: CLASSIFICATION AND TERMINOLOGY. Overview and Introduction (M. Mooney & M. Siegel). Terminology and Classification of Craniosynostosis (M. Jones). Terminology and Classification of Facial Clefting (R. Shprintzen). SECTION II: EMBRYOGENESIS AND ETIOLOGY. Craniofacial Embryogenesis: Normal Developmental Mechanisms (G. Sperber). Johnston and Bronsky. Genetic Etiologies of Craniosynostosis (E. Jabs). Genetic Etiologies of Facial Clefting (M. Marazita). Environmental Etiologies of Orofacial Clefting and Craniosynostosis (V. Shashi & T. Hart). SECTION III: ANIMAL MODELING. Animal Models and Craniosynostosis: Experimental, Congenital, and Transgenic Models (M. Mooney, et al.). Aniaml Models of Facial Clefting - Experimental, Congenital, and Transgenic (V. Diewert & S. Lozanoff). SECTION IV: CRANIAL VAULT AND CRANIAL BASE DYSMORPHOLOGY AND GROWTH DISTURBANCES. Evolutionary Changes in the Cranial Vault and Base: Establishing the Primate Form (M. Mooney, et al.). Cranial Base Dysmorphology and Growth in the Craniosynostoses (A. Burdi). Cranial Base Dysmorphology and Growth in Facial Clefting (T. Smith, et al.). Cranial Vault Morphology and Growth in Craniosynostosis (J. Richtsmeier). SECTION V: MIDFACIAL AND MANDIBULAR DYSMORPHOLOGY AND GROWTH DISTURBANCES. Evolutionary Changes in the Midface and Mandible: Establishing the Primate Form (J. Siebert & D. Swindler). Facial Dysmorphology in the Craniosynostoses: Clinical Implications (K. Vig). Midfacial and Mandibular Dysmorphology and Growth in Facial Clefting: Clinical Implications (B. Ross). SECTION VI: REGIONAL DYSMORPHOLOGY AND GROWTH DISTURBANCES. Dental Development and Anomalies in Craniosynostoses and Facial Clefting (E. Harris). Vocal Tract Anatomy and Functional Concequences in Cleft Lip/Palate and Syndromes of Craniosynostosis (S. Peterson-Falzone & P. Monoson). SECTION VII: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY STUDIES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS. Molecular Studies of Craniosynostosis: Factors Affecting Cranial Suture Morphogenesis and Patency (L. Opperman & R. Ogle). Molecular Studies of Facial Clefting: From Mouse to Man (M. Melnick & T. Jaskoll). Molecules and Faces: What is on the Horizon? (H. Slavkin). Index.