Presence of Chondroid Tissue in the Symphyseal Region of the Growing Human Mandible

摘要

The mandibular symphysis studied by histology and microradiography in the fetus and in the newborn shows a mineralized tissue different from the calcified cartilage observed in endochondral ossification and also different from bone aspects. In 1888, Schaffer coined it ‘chondroid bone’, but this tissue derives from secondary cartilage. We therefore suggest the term ‘chondroid tissue’ to desig