Timing of facial bone fusion (Youngcels GTFIH)

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I've compiled some articles summarizing the age when facial bone fusion typically takes place.

This is useful for youngcels so they can gauge the likelihood whether certain sections of their face will continue to develop naturally or whether surgical intervention will be needed to achieve a desired appearance. I've attached the article PDF's and have provided some additional resources at the bottom of this post.

Wang MM, Haveles CS, Zukotynski BK, Reid RR, Lee JC. The 27 Facial Sutures: Timing and Clinical Consequences of Closure. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022 Mar 1;149(3):701-720. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000008816. PMID: 35196691; PMCID: PMC9904427.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9904427/

Facial Region	Suture Name (Technical)	Commonly Referred To As	Bones Involved	Fusion Age
Frontal	Metopic Suture	Forehead Midline	Frontal Bone	6–9 months
	Frontonasal Suture	Bridge of Nose	Frontal, Nasal	50–60 years
	Frontomaxillary Suture	Upper Nasal-Cheek Joint	Frontal, Maxilla	70+ years
	Frontozygomatic Suture	Brow Ridge-Cheek Joint	Frontal, Zygomatic	80–100 years
Orbital	Sphenozygomatic Suture	Eye Socket-Lateral Side	Sphenoid, Zygomatic	50–60 years
	Frontoethmoidal Suture	Inner Eye Socket	Frontal, Ethmoid	50–60 years
Maxillary	Zygomaticomaxillary Suture	Cheekbone-Upper Jaw	Zygomatic, Maxilla	10–15 years
	Pterygomaxillary Suture	Back of Upper Jaw	Maxilla, Sphenoid	~12 years
Lateral	Zygomaticotemporal Suture	Side of Cheekbone	Zygomatic, Temporal	70+ years
Nasal	Internasal Suture	Center of Nose Bridge	Nasal Bones	20–30 years
	Nasoethmoidal Suture	Deep Nasal Structure	Nasal, Ethmoid	Variable
Palatal	Intermaxillary Suture	Roof of Mouth (Midline)	Maxilla (Left and Right Halves)	18–late 20s
	Midpalatal Suture	Roof of Mouth (Palate)	Maxilla	Teenage years
Mandibular	Mandibular Symphysis	Chin (Midline)	Left and Right Mandible Halves	By 1 year
Basal	Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis	Base of Skull	Sphenoid, Occipital	Teens
	Sphenoethmoidal Synchondrosis	Base of Eye Socket	Sphenoid, Ethmoid	2–15 years
Circummeatal	Frontosphenoidal Suture	Side of Eye Socket	Frontal, Sphenoid	5–15 years
	Sphenoparietal Suture	Temple Region	Sphenoid, Parietal	Before 7 years

Oleksiy Lopatin, Marta Barszcz, Filip Bolechala, Krzysztof Jerzy Wozniak,
The fusion of ossification centers – A comparative review of radiographic and other imaging modalities of age assessment in living groups of children, adolescents, and young adults, Legal Medicine,Volume 61,2023,102185,ISSN 1344-6223, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2022.102185. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1344622322001730)

Facial Region	Bone Growth Area (Technical)	Commonly Referred To As	Fusion Age
Upper Face	Superciliary Arches	Brow Ridge	6–7 months postconception
	Frontal Bone	Forehead	6–8 years
Midface	Nasal Septum	Nasal Cartilage	Continues into adolescence
	Maxillary Bone	Upper Jaw	12–18 years
	Zygomatic Bone	Cheekbones	Late teens to early 20s
Lower Face	Mandibular Condyle	Lower Jaw (Mandible)	Late teens to early 20s
	Symphysis Menti	Chin	By 1 year
Palatal Region	Palatine Process of Maxilla	Hard Palate	18–late 20s
	Midpalatal Suture	Roof of Mouth	Teenage years
Basal Region	Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis	Base of Skull	Teens
	Cranial Base	Skull Foundation	Continues into adulthood

Radiopedia - really good resource for different skeletal bones, has information for ossification for just about every bone.

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/skull?lang=us

Juvenile Osteology - decent reference for some niche bones, somewhat relevant (attached)

 

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Bonesmashing zygos until 70

 

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Orbital

Sphenozygomatic Suture

Eye Socket-Lateral Side

Sphenoid, Zygomatic

50–60 year

What so i can stick my fingers deep into my orbital area and pull sideways for a better eye area?

 

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Zygomatic Bone

Cheekbones

Late teens to early 20s

zygo pulling?







"PLEASE I WANNT ANYTHING I WANNA CHANGE MY FACE IM TIRED IM TIRED"

 

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zygo pulling?







"PLEASE I WANNT ANYTHING I WANNA CHANGE MY FACE IM TIRED IM TIRED"

Cope

 

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Bonesmashing zygos until 70

we can smash each others zygo's in the nursing home