This lady had been aware for some time now that the left side of her lower jaw was slowly, but surely increasing in size. Since the lesion was painless, she had ignored it for a while. Her family decided that she needed medical intervention and took her to a dentist in their hometown. She was...
Read moreFibrous dysplasia reduction OsteotomyThe patient had a collapsed tip of nose at birth. This particular defect would under normal circumstances be repaired only at a much later stage, but this particular child was being picked on and mocked constantly at school by other children. This distressed the child to a degree that it was affecting her emotional and...
Read morePaediatric (Child) Rhinoplasty Surgery with Costal Cartilage[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=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a pre-cancerous condition seen predominantly in the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia. In this condition, the deep tissues of the cheeks become thick and fibrosed leading to severely restricted mouth opening, referred to as trismus....
Read moreOral Submucous Fibrosis, Complete Trismus Release, Excision of Fibrous Bands and Nasolabial Flap Reconstruction[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=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]This teenage boy had been complaining of pain on the left side of his lower jaw for a few days now. There were a few teeth missing on that side. He was brought to Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital, Teynampet, Chennai,...
Read moreDentigerous Cyst Enucleation Surgery[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=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]This young girl had been born with a left-sided cleft lip, alveolus, and palate. She had undergone repair of her cleft lip as an infant with an alveolar rib graft, but the graft hadn’t fused with the bone and had been...
Read moreRe-alveolar bone graft Surgery, Fistula Closure and Cleft Rhinoplasty Surgery[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=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]The patient is a young girl who was born with a left-sided unilateral cleft lip defect. She was operated upon as an infant at an outside hospital, but that correction had left her with an unsightly residual scar. She had slight...
Read moreCleft Rhinoplasty- Nasal Augmentation and Buckling Correction Surgery[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=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]This young man had difficulty pronouncing certain words well and had a nasal twang to his voice. He had been born with a cleft lip and palate and had undergone repair as an infant. He had subsequently developed velopharyngeal incompetence, where...
Read moreVelopharyngeal insufficiency (Hypernasality) Cleft palate- Pharyngoplasty Surgery(Nasal Speech Correction)[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″] This young lady was involved in a road traffic accident many years ago in her hometown. First aid had been administered immediately after the accident, but a minor injury to her right TMJ went undiscovered at that time...
Read moreTMJ Ankylosis Gap Arthroplasty Surgery with Coronoidectomy and temporalis interposition Surgery – Sleep Apnea and Snoring[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″] The patient is a young woman with distortion of her lower face due to mandibular asymmetry. This had lead to her socially isolating herself due to people staring at her and passing comments since she was a little...
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