Dental caries and periodontal disease Dental caries result from the demineralization of teeth structure by acids that are formed through the degradation of food in the mouth. This leads to the breakdown of the hard structure of the tooth ultimately leading to the loss of the tooth. Teeth are attached to the bony socket with...
Read moreFacial cosmetic surgery for abscess sinus tract removal and extraction of abscessed toothPatient with inability to open mouth following depressed zygoma fracture The patient is a middle-aged man from Hassan, Karnataka. He suffered a comminuted zygoma fracture from a road accident. Improper reduction elsewhere had left him with a depressed zygoma and trismus. The depressed zygoma led to facial asymmetry and impingement of the coronoid process. This...
Read moreRTA, Coronoid Zygoma Malunion, Trismus Corrective SurgeryOpen bite from displacement of reduced fracture This young man is from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He had a bike accident a week ago. Direct impact to his mandible resulted in a fracture of the mandible. He sustained facial injury as a result of this accident. This resulted in inability to close his mouth with an...
Read moreFracture of the lower jaw open reduction and fixation surgeryPatient born with craniofacial deformities and cleft lip and palate This young man is from Ambala, Punjab. He had been born with marked craniofacial deformities and a cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip and palate repair performed as an infant were satisfactory. His marked nasal deformity had resulted in hypertelorism. There was also soft tissue...
Read moreHypertelorism Surgery with Frontonasal Encephalocele, Dr SM BalajiRoad traffic accident leaves patient with a sunken left eye This young woman is from Tirupur, Tamil Nadu. A road traffic accident resulted in injury around the left eye. This had resulted in a blowout fracture of the left eye. Surgery elsewhere resulted in a sunken left eye and residual ptosis. This was the result...
Read moreMedial blowout fracture correction surgery for orbital volume increase plus ptosis correction by reattachment of levator palpabrae superiorisPatient suffers a comminuted frontal bone fracture from trauma The patient suffered a trauma to the right supraorbital region. This resulted in a comminuted fracture of the supraorbital region with involvement of the rim. He presented to our hospital for definitive management of his fracture. Examination of the patient with treatment plan presentation Dr SM...
Read moreSupraorbital rim Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation (ORIF) SurgeryEmergency surgery after RTA results in open bite and flattened bridge of nose This young lady is from Salem, Tamil Nadu. A road traffic accident five months ago resulted in fractures to her maxilla and a comminuted nasal bone fracture. Emergency surgery elsewhere left her with a flattened bridge of the nose and an open...
Read moreRTA 5 months old Fracture Malunion of Upper jaw Resurgery with RhinoplastyYoung man with residual facial deformities from motor vehicle accident This young man from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, was riding his bike when he collided with a car 1.5 years back. He suffered facial fractures involving the maxilla, zygoma and orbital region. The patient underwent surgical correction at a local hospital after the accident. This surgery...
Read moreRTA – Malunited Very old Fracture of Maxilla (Upper Jaw) and Zygoma (Cheekbone) with Enophthalmos Correction SurgeryA brief introduction to Tessier’s facial cleft and their management Tessier’s facial clefts are of 14 types. They can extend from the hairline above the forehead to the mandible. These malformations can be debilitating for the patient and distressing for the family. It requires extensive surgical correction to rehabilitate these patients. Tessier’s facial clefts can...
Read moreMaxillary augmentation, nasal notch correction and alar web correction surgeryPatient with disproportionate upper lip presents at our hospital This patient is from Rohtak, Haryana. He was born with congenital disproportion between the size of his lips. His upper lip has always been everted and large. This had begun affecting his social life and his work life. He presented to our hospital for lip reduction...
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