A patient with velopharyngeal insufficiency presents to Dr SM Balaji The patient had been born with a cleft lip and palate. This had been set right as an infant. She later developed velopharyngeal incompetence. This is where there is escape of air through the nose during speech. It also manifested as difficulty pronouncing certain words...
Read moreCleft Palate – Velopharyngeal Incompetence – Hypernasality Speech Correction Surgery – PharyngoplastyInitial Presentation: This is a 2-month-old baby boy from Sri Lanka who was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate defect. His parents related that his elder sister had also been born with the same condition. She had been operated on elsewhere in India, but the surgery had left behind ugly residual scars. So...
Read moreUnilateral Cleft Lip Correction Surgery – Suture Removal on 7th dayIndian Academy of Maxillofacial Surgeons’ Advanced Craniofacial Surgery Workshop The Indian Academy of Maxillofacial Surgeons conducted a workshop in Jabalpur. It was an Advanced Craniofacial Surgery workshop. Topic was “Current Advances in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery”. Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital & Jabalpur Hospital and Research Centre were the hosts. Duration of the workshop was from February...
Read moreDr. S.M. Balaji invited as key operating faculty to the Advanced Craniofacial Surgery Workshop of the Indian Academy of Maxillofacial SurgeonsThe patient’s presentation and history: This young 13-year-old Northeastern girl was brought to Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai, by her parents for treatment of a painless swelling involving the right side of her lower jaw that had been present for over a year. Her parents had not taken this slowly developing swelling seriously...
Read moreOKC – Odontogenic Keratocyst Hemimandibulectomy with total Reconstruction of Jaw (Ramus & Body of Mandible)Surgical Planning: This is a 2-month-old baby girl from Bahrain was born with bilateral cleft lip and palate. Her parents were referred to Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, by a close friend of theirs whose daughter had been operated upon by Dr. Balaji with very good results. Dr. S. M. Balaji, Maxillo-Craniofacial Surgeon, explained to...
Read moreBilateral cleft lip correction surgery suture removal on 7th dayDr S M Balaji invited to confer Craniofacial Research Fellowship Award: Dr S M Balaji was invited to the 3rd International Craniofacial & Dental Summit held from March 4-6, 2018, in Paro, Bhutan, as he was being conferred the Craniofacial Research Fellowship Award by the Craniofacial Research Foundation in recognition of his outstanding contributions towards...
Read moreProf S M Balaji conferred the Craniofacial Research Fellowship Award by the Craniofacial Research Foundation at Paro, Bhutan.My name is Taha. I am working in the UAE. I have been following Dr. S.M. Balaji since three years. Actually before three years, I met with an accident. I had emergency surgery, but I was never satisfied with the result. I kept on searching every doctor, every possible things I could search for my...
Read moreTestimonial – Mr. Taha from UAE is a case of Zygomatico-orbital FractureInvited as Keynote Speaker and Moderator: Dr SM Balaji was invited to the 71st Indian Dental Conference organized by the Indian Dental Association-Odisha State Branch in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to deliver a keynote speech as well as to serve as moderator for a scientific session. The theme of the conference was “Accelerating Innovation and Fostering Advances.”...
Read moreDr. S.M. Balaji invited as keynote speaker and moderator to Indian Dental Conference, BhubaneswarDr SM Balaji Invited to be the Chief Guest: Prof. S.M. Balaji was invited as Chief Guest to the SRM Institute of Health Sciences, Kattankulathur, by Prof. N. Sethuraman, Registrar, SRM University and Dr. N. Chandra Prabha, Director of Health Sciences, SRM University to deliver an orientation talk to both fresher and senior medical and...
Read moreDr. S.M. Balaji invited as the Chief Guest to deliver the Student Orientation Talk to medical and dental students at SRM Institute of Health Sciences, KattankulathurContinuing Dental Education program at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai, was the venue of an international continuing dental education program on gold fold restorations on February 25, 2018. The theme of the CDE program was “Back to Golden Times” Direct Gold Foil Restorations- Faculty headed by American expertise: Gold...
Read moreContinuing Dental Education program on direct gold restorations with American faculty
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