A baby’s skull is made of several plates of bone that fuse together over time to form a single structure. Previous research has shown that approximately one in 2,000 babies have plates that fuse too ...

The three categories of birth defects seen most are cleft lip and cleft palate, craniosynostosis, and microtia. Cleft lip and/or palate occurs in about one of every 1,000 births and happens when the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers highlighted the multiple utilities of fat transplantation for facial reconstructive surgery among 13 ...

Certain types of ear malformations in infants can be treated by a simple and inexpensive technique—using paper clips to build custom splints to mold the shape of the growing ear, reports a study in ...

Dedicated surgeons have made impressive progress in establishing craniofacial surgery services in India, report experts. Dedicated surgeons have made impressive progress in establishing craniofacial ...

As a craniofacial surgeon with more than 30 years of experience in treating facial abnormalities and performing reconstructive surgery on children with congenital deformities, I am heartened to see ...

Researchers at UTHealth Houston have been awarded an $8.1 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to examine skeletal stem cells as potential drivers of craniofacial bone diseases and ...

Craniofacial microsomia is a condition that affects the growth of the face and skull before birth. Infants may be born with a malformed and underdeveloped jawbone that can cause facial asymmetry and ...

As a kid, Samantha Brugmann, now a developmental biologist at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, had a single Christmas wish: a science kit that came with a microscope and a bee. Using ...

A baby's skull is made of several plates of bone that fuse together over time to form a single structure. Previous research has shown that approximately one in 2,000 babies have plates that fuse too ...