This is a case of a 19 year old male patient from Sri Lanka with unilateral cleft lip and palate. He had his primary lip repair done at the age of 3 months and palate repair at the age of 9 months by...

What is ankylosis and what are its effects Ankylosis is the condition where bony joints exhibit extreme stiffness and rigidity due to fusion of the two opposing bones in the joint. It was coined in...

Young woman with chief complaint of long face This young lady was not happy with the shape of her face. She complained that her upper lip was too long and her upper incisors were not visible when she...

An introduction into the evolution of human jaw size Men have a robust skeletal frame and women have a more delicate bone structure. Before the advent of civilizations, agriculture and community...

Mandibular fracture in a young man after road traffic accident The patient is a 25-year-old IT professional who was brought by his parents to Balaji Dental and Craniofacial Hospital after a road...

Discovery of osseointegration of titanium with living bone Dr Per Ingvar Branemark, a Swedish medical researcher, had placed titanium implants in the bones of rabbits for an experiment; however, when...

Facial Asymmetry down the ages A certain proportion of the human population has always been affected by disabling facial asymmetry. This could be congenital as a result of developmental anomalies or...

Hemifacial microsomia is a congenital disorder, which mostly affects the development of the face. A congenital disorder is a disease condition that exists at the time of birth. The lower half of the...

Mankind has always been prone to violence with a history strewn with small battles and major wars. Back in the olden days, fighting was invariably close contact before the invention of weapons whose...