Mapping the Prenatal Growth of the Mandible.

This study provides comprehensive normative reference data for prenatal mandibular development, spanning early embryonic to late fetal stages. The established growth curves can serve as valuable tools in prenatal diagnostics, enabling earlier and more accurate detection of craniofacial anomalies associated with syndromic and nonsyndromic mandibular malformations. The presented normative data may also aid age estimation in forensic and archeological investigations.