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Supernumerary Cranial Sutures

MedGen UID:
894209
•Concept ID:
C4086874
•
Finding

Definition

Sutures commonly found within the parietal and occipital bones of the skull due to their multiple ossification centers. These sutures exhibit a zigzag pattern with interdigitations and sclerotic borders similar to, and join and merge with the major sutures. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSupernumerary Cranial Sutures

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Craniosynostosis: orofacial and oral health perspectives with masticatory insights.
Wongbanthit Y, Rojvachiranonda N, Chantarangsu S, Suwanwitid P, Kamolvisit W, Porntaveetus T
BMC Oral Health 2024 Jul 8;24(1):767. doi: 10.1186/s12903-024-04540-y. PMID: 38978035Free PMC Article
Morphometric Study on Wormian Bone of Dry Adult Skull of Nepalese Population.
Shrestha A , Khan GA
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2023 Oct.-Dec.;21(84):372-375. PMID: 39212010
Characterization of dental phenotype in patients with cleidocranial dysplasia using longitudinal data.
Ha SW, Jung YJ, Bae HS, Ryoo HM, Cho IS, Baek SH
Angle Orthod 2018 Jul;88(4):416-424. Epub 2018 Apr 17 doi: 10.2319/092617-647.1. PMID: 29664332Free PMC Article
Clinical and oral findings of a patient with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.
Bayram M, Yildirim M, Seymen F
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2015 Feb;16(1):63-6. Epub 2014 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s40368-014-0141-0. PMID: 25245233
Bregmatic wormian bone and metopic synostosis.
Stotland MA, Do NK, Knapik TJ
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Nov;23(7 Suppl 1):2015-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318262d6ad. PMID: 23154373

Diagnosis

Multiple supernumerary teeth in a likely syndromic individual from prehistoric Illinois.
Sacks L
Arch Oral Biol 2018 Sep;93:100-106. Epub 2018 Jun 4 doi: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.06.002. PMID: 29886284
Crouzon syndrome with multiple supernumerary teeth.
Torun GS, Akbulut A
Niger J Clin Pract 2017 Feb;20(2):261-263. doi: 10.4103/1119-3077.187332. PMID: 28091449
Patients with isolated oligo/hypodontia caused by RUNX2 duplication.
Molin A, Lopez-Cazaux S, Pichon O, Vincent M, Isidor B, Le Caignec C
Am J Med Genet A 2015 Jun;167(6):1386-90. Epub 2015 Apr 21 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37052. PMID: 25899668
Clinical and oral findings of a patient with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.
Bayram M, Yildirim M, Seymen F
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2015 Feb;16(1):63-6. Epub 2014 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s40368-014-0141-0. PMID: 25245233
Bregmatic wormian bone and metopic synostosis.
Stotland MA, Do NK, Knapik TJ
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Nov;23(7 Suppl 1):2015-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318262d6ad. PMID: 23154373

Prognosis

Clinical and oral findings of a patient with Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome.
Bayram M, Yildirim M, Seymen F
Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2015 Feb;16(1):63-6. Epub 2014 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s40368-014-0141-0. PMID: 25245233
Bregmatic wormian bone and metopic synostosis.
Stotland MA, Do NK, Knapik TJ
J Craniofac Surg 2012 Nov;23(7 Suppl 1):2015-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318262d6ad. PMID: 23154373
Effects of different kinds of cranial deformation on the incidence of wormian bones.
O'Loughlin VD
Am J Phys Anthropol 2004 Feb;123(2):146-55. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.10304. PMID: 14730648

Clinical prediction guides

Morphometric Study on Wormian Bone of Dry Adult Skull of Nepalese Population.
Shrestha A , Khan GA
Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ) 2023 Oct.-Dec.;21(84):372-375. PMID: 39212010
Characterization of dental phenotype in patients with cleidocranial dysplasia using longitudinal data.
Ha SW, Jung YJ, Bae HS, Ryoo HM, Cho IS, Baek SH
Angle Orthod 2018 Jul;88(4):416-424. Epub 2018 Apr 17 doi: 10.2319/092617-647.1. PMID: 29664332Free PMC Article
Crouzon syndrome with multiple supernumerary teeth.
Torun GS, Akbulut A
Niger J Clin Pract 2017 Feb;20(2):261-263. doi: 10.4103/1119-3077.187332. PMID: 28091449
Characterisation of novel RUNX2 mutation with alanine tract expansion from Japanese cleidocranial dysplasia patient.
Shibata A, Machida J, Yamaguchi S, Kimura M, Tatematsu T, Miyachi H, Matsushita M, Kitoh H, Ishiguro N, Nakayama A, Higashi Y, Shimozato K, Tokita Y
Mutagenesis 2016 Jan;31(1):61-7. Epub 2015 Jul 28 doi: 10.1093/mutage/gev057. PMID: 26220009
Patients with isolated oligo/hypodontia caused by RUNX2 duplication.
Molin A, Lopez-Cazaux S, Pichon O, Vincent M, Isidor B, Le Caignec C
Am J Med Genet A 2015 Jun;167(6):1386-90. Epub 2015 Apr 21 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37052. PMID: 25899668

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