Patient with extreme double chin presents for surgical correction This middle aged man is from Latur in Maharashtra. He is a chronic snorer and has suffered from disturbed sleep for a long time. He has retrognathia and excessive neck fat. This had combined to give him an extreme double chin. His dissatisfaction with his appearance...
Read moreDouble Chin Correction Surgery- Advancement Genioplasty for snoring and sleep apnea and Neck fat RemovalCrouzon syndrome Crouzon syndrome is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder. The first brachial arch is the affected arch. The brachial arches are also known as pharyngeal arches. This syndrome results from a mutation in chromosome 10. The name of this syndrome is derived from Octave Crouzon. He is the one who first described this condition....
Read moreTotal Calvarial Reconstruction (for Craniosynostosis) for 10 Month old baby with Crouzon SyndromeMechanism of Parry Romberg syndrome explained Parry Romberg syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome of unknown origin. It causes progressive hemifacial atrophy. This is often sporadic in its course. It leads to shrinkage of tissues underneath the skin. Only one side of the face is often affected. It also rarely extends to other parts of...
Read moreParry Romberg’s Nose Lip and Chin Asymmetry Correction with Reduction RhinoplastyHon’ble Justice MY Eqbal is a former Chief Justice of the Madras High Court and Justice of the Supreme Court. He is well known for his humanitarianism. Upon a recent visit to Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai, he witnessed Dr SM Balaji activating the Kawamoto internal distractor fixed to the cranium of a...
Read moreThe Hon’ble Justice MY Eqbal witnesses Dr SM Balaji performing distraction osteogenesis on a Crouzon syndrome patientPhysical characteristics of Crouzon syndrome Crouzon syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with premature fusion of a few skull bones. This fusion prevents the skull from growing in all three dimensions. The shape of the head and face is most affected by this along with the mid-facial structures. This leads to wide-set, bulging eyes due...
Read moreCrouzon Syndrome – Le Fort III Advancement Surgery by Internal Distraction OsteogenesisThis is a middle-aged patient from a small town in Jharkhand. He had undergone extraction of an upper back tooth in his hometown. This was about a year ago. The wound refused to heal for a very long time. Any fluid he drank drained from his nose. This alarmed him to a great extent. He...
Read moreSuccessful closure of Oroantral FistulaThis patient is a 30 year old native of Shimla. He was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. The patient has undergone primary cleft lip and palate surgery elsewhere when he was as an infant. He complained about nongrowth of hair in the center of the lip(prolabial region). The patient now has a...
Read moreSuccessful surgical correction of the upper lip and nose defect using Abbe flapThis is a 3-month old baby girl from Jammu. She was born with a unilateral cleft lip & palate. Her parents brought her to our hospital for treatment. An Internet search pointed to our hospital as being the best center for cleft repair. Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. SM Balaji examined the patient. He performed the primary...
Read morePrimary lip repair for unilateral cleft lip & palatePatient presents with swelling in the anterior mandible This patient is a middle aged lady from Villupuram. She first noticed a swelling on the left side of her mandible. This had led to a gradual loosening of the anterior mandibular teeth. An increase in the size of the swelling alarmed her and she went to...
Read moreInfected dentigerous cyst-Segmental Resection & Reconstruction SurgeryYoung man presents for square face reduction surgery The patient is a young man with a broad face due to large masseter and enlarged gonial angle. He had always been unhappy about this and desired surgical correction. He presented to our hospital to undergo square face correction. Dr SM Balaji explained the treatment plan to...
Read moreSquare face correction with large masseter and enlarged gonial angle reduction
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