ABSTRACT
The competence of dentist among other is to predict the dental and occlusion development in the period of growth and development and to identify dentofacial disorders in the purpose of early detection, diagnose, treatment planning, and management of malocclusion and dentofacial anomaly. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the concept of growth and development, the study involved in the dentocraniofacial growth and development, the growth pattern, the anomaly and growth development disorders, and the relevance of study dentokraniofacial growth and development in dentistry.