Different patterns of sequential early healing were found at implants installed in healed alveolar bone or in alveolar sockets immediately after tooth extractions. However, three months after implant installation, no statistically significant differences were found for the hard- and soft-tissue dimensions.

Similar patterns of sequential osseointegration were found at implants installed in healed alveolar bone or in alveolar sockets immediately after tooth extraction. The coronal termination level of osseointegration, that was different after 1 week, was found similar at the 3-month observation.

Objetivo: relacionar el patrón de crecimiento maxilo mandibular vertical y sagital con el ancho faríngeo en pacientes de 8 a 20 años de la ciudad de Cuenca, Ecuador. Materiales y métodos: estudio de enfoque cuantitativo, relacional, retrospectivo de corte transversal. La muestra estuvo conformada por 400 radiografías cefálicas laterales de pacientes de 8 a 20 años, se determinó el biotipofacial mediante el índice de Vert, la clase esqueletal mediante el ángulo ANB y el ancho faríngeo mediante el análisis de McNamara. Resultados: se observó el ancho faríngeo superior e inferior aumentados en la clase esqueletal III, seguido de la clase I y clase II, con una correlación muy baja entre los anchos faríngeos y la clase esqueletal y biotipofacial, con significancia estadística entre la clase esqueletal y el ancho faríngeo (p≤0,05). Conclusiones: se determinó correlación muy baja entre el ancho faríngeo, clase esqueletal, y el biotipofacial.

The growth of the maxilla manifests itself differently from the mandible, which is characterized by a later sagittal development. The objective of the research was to associate the sagittal growth of the upper and lower jaw and the cervical maturation index in lateral cephalic radiographs of patients between 8 and 20 years of age from the city of Cuenca. A descriptive, correlational and retrospective cross-sectional quantitative approach was conducted with a database of 10,586 lateral cephalic radiographs. It was observed that the peak of growth begins around 9 years of age in women and at 11 years in men, and culminates at age 13 in females, and between 14 and 17 years in males. In addition, a low correlation was determined between the sagittal growth of the upper jaw and the stages of vertebral maturation (r = 0.338) as well as with the lower jaw (r = 0.357). Finally, it was concluded that the growth of the upper jaw occurs in the first stages of cervical maturation, while in the lower jaw, longitudinal growth occurs from stage III of cervical maturation.