Patient with collapsed left ala seeks best rhinoplasty surgeon The patient is a young woman from West Bengal. She had been born with a cleft lip and palate and had undergone repair of her cleft lip...

The patient desires to undergo rhinoplasty surgery The patient is a young woman who has a depressed bridge of nose. She has never been happy with her nose. The patient had undergone maxillary...

Patient with masseter hypertrophy and excess lateral mandibular angle bone The patient is a young girl from Rajasthan. She began noticing the development of an asymmetry in her face at around 14 years...

Prof David Johnsen, Dean, College of Dentistry, Iowa City invited Prof SM Balaji for a tour of the college. Dr Kathryn Kell, President, FDI, who is an alumnus of the college accompanied Dr SM Balaji...

Patient with cleft lip and palate presents for implant surgery The patient is a young man who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. He had undergone surgery for cleft repair as an infant. The...

Dr SM Balaji diagnoses dentigerous cyst in a little Bangladeshi boy This little boy from Bangladesh developed a swelling in the front region of the upper jaw. The swelling kept increasing in size. His...

Presentation of fibrous dysplasia Fibrous dysplasia is a very rare disorder of the bone. The gene involved is the G-protein receptor. It is a condition where fibrous tissue replaces normal bone and...

The patient’s friend refers him to Dr SM Balaji for deformity correction The patient is a young man with a bony unevenness in his posterior occipital region. This has been present ever since he...

Prof SM Balaji visited the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago at the invitation of the Chairman of the department, Dr Henry C Fung as an observer...