A 25-year-old girl from Mumbai reported to our hospital with complaints of forwardly placed upper and lower jaw. The patient also complained about her gummy smile. She had difficulty in closing her mouth and was very self-conscious of her looks. Radiographic analysis of the facial bones showed that she had a prognathic maxilla and mandible....
Read moreCorrective surgery for protruding upper jawPatient with prognathic maxilla and short upper lip presents for surgery This young man presented with a vertical excess of the prognathic maxilla. It resulted in the shortening of the upper lip with inability to appose the lips. This was causing social problems for the patient. He presented to our hospital for surgical correction of...
Read moreShort lip correction Le Fort I impaction superior positioning surgeryPatient who hated his small jaw presents to our hospital This young man from Australia never liked his retruded chin. It caused him to have a double chin. He had always wished to have a more prominent mandible. His quality of life was also affected by this. The patient had enquired all over Europe, but...
Read moreVertical augmentation genioplasty, LeFort I advancement, malar augmentation, BSSO by Distraction Osteogenesis Surgery for Double Chin CorrectionPatient presents for maxillary advancement surgery This young lady had been born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. She had undergone cleft lip repair at our hospital at the age of 2 months. Cleft palate repair was later performed at the age of 10 months. After this, she had rhBMP-2 surgery for uniting the...
Read moreUpper jaw Advancement Surgery Unilateral Cleft Hypoplasia – Lefort 1 Advancement SurgeryThe patient is a young woman who had been born with a unilateral right sided cleft lip and palate. She had undergone cleft lip repair as a 2-month infant at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital. Second surgery was for repair of cleft palate. Stage 3 surgery involved the placement of a bone graft for closure...
Read moreUnilateral Cleft Maxillary (Upper jaw) advancement. LeFort I Osteotomy with Dental Implant Surgery
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