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 of age. The right side angle of the mandible region was becoming bulkier as time went by. It reached the point where...
Read moreAsymmetry correction with angle of mandible reduction and masseter debulking surgeryDr 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 worried parents brought him to India for treatment. They enquired about the best hospital to get their son treated. It was...
Read moreLarge Dentigerous Cyst Enucleation SurgeryPresentation 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 marrow tissue. This results in bone that is very weak. There is also excessive proliferation of this fibrous bony tissue. This leads to...
Read moreZygoma Reduction Surgery for Fibrous dysplasia with protection of infraorbital nerve surgeryThe 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 can remember. He recently came to know from a friend that this irregularity could be set right. His friend referred him...
Read moreOccipital Protuberance of the skull Reduction SurgeryInitial Presentation: The patient presented at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai with complaints of regurgitation of fluids from the oral cavity into the nose for a very long time. The patient stated that there were “two holes” in the bone on the right side of his upper jaw. Diagnostic Tests: Dr. SM. Balaji,...
Read morePalatonasal and Bucconasal Fistula Closure SurgeryBaby boy is born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate: This baby boy is the grandson of a famous merchant in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was born with a severe form of unilateral cleft lip and palate. There was a wide cleft space with ill developed segments. Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, a world-renowned cleft...
Read moreUnilateral Cleft Lip Correction Surgery – Dr. SM Balaji, Maxillofacial Surgeon, India[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″] Prof SM Balaji plans ptosis surgery for the patient A patient is a young man who was unable to close his left eye due to ptosis. This was leading to continuous drying of the eye with the potential...
Read moreMedial Tarsorrhaphy of the eye for PtosisInitial Presentation This young man from Yangon, Myanmar, had been born with a cleft lip and palate and had undergone cleft repair as an infant. He had subsequently developed velopharyngeal incompetence, where there is escape of air through the nose during speech. This had lead to him having difficulty pronouncing certain words well and he...
Read moreVelopharyngeal insufficiency (Hypernasality) Nasal Speech Correction Surgery for Cleft Palate- Pharyngoplasty with positive suction testPresence of periapical cyst The patient is a young man who presented at Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Chennai, with pain in the upper left central incisor, which had previously undergone root canal treatment elsewhere. Radiographic investigations conducted revealed a periapical cyst in relation to the tooth. Dr S M Balaji, Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon, decided to...
Read morePeriapical Cyst Enucleation, retrograde filling with MTA and defect filling with Bio-OssIndian Academy of Maxillofacial Surgeons’ Advanced Craniofacial Surgery Workshop The Indian Academy of Maxillofacial Surgeons conducted their Advanced Craniofacial Surgery workshop on “Current Advances in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery” at Hitkarini Dental College and Hospital & Jabalpur Hospital and Research Centre, Jabalpur, on February 15-18, 2018. Many leading Cranio-Maxillofacial surgeons from around the world participated in this...
Read moreFacial Paralysis – Reanimation by Temporalis and Fascia lata Dynamic Sling Surgery
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