Sentences with phrase «of facial deformities»

specialty practices, such as oral and maxillofacial surgery (removal of teeth and correction of facial deformities), orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics (straightening teeth with braces or other appliances), endodontics (root canal treatment), periodontics (treatment of gum problems), prosthodontics (replacement of lost teeth) and pediatric dentistry (treatment of children)

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The team at Operation Smile consist of medical volunteers who provide free physical exams and reconstructive surgery for children and young adults with cleft lips, palates and other facial deformities.

The genomic results confirmed Ata's Chilean descent and turned up a slew of mutations in seven genes that separately or in combinations contribute to various bone deformities, facial malformations or skeletal dysplasia, more commonly known as dwarfism.

Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities such as cleft lip or palate.

Next, the team added both noggin and retinoic acid, a derivative of vitamin A, based on previous work showing that too much vitamin A causes facial deformities in mice and chickens.

The new work, described in the 20 December issue of Nature, may eventually shed light on facial deformities in people, enhancing prevention and treatment.

The team discovered that a certain subset of cartilage - making cells, known as chondrocytes, replicate themselves, make other bone cells and drive bone growth — findings that could lead to new treatments for children with facial deformities who normally have to wait until adulthood for corrective surgery.

In humans, for example, loss of ALX1 leads to severe facial deformities.

The proposed guidelines include a new definition of documented prenatal alcohol exposure, guides to evaluating facial and physical deformities characteristic of FASD, and updated information about the cognitive and / or behavioral impairments seen in different FASD subtypes.

Price's photos of boys with rampant dental caries and facial deformities, which vividly illustrate the weakening effect of newfangled foods on adolescent development, could easily be replicated by snapshots of some of today's junk food - reliant young men.

That's what eventually seems to happen once Johansson abducts a man with severe facial deformities and, in a weirdly touching series of scenes, shows hints of sympathy for her deeply lonely, Elephant Man - like prey.

Despite all the pep talks, and the support of his father (Owen Wilson) and sister Via (Izabela Vidovic), the whole family is secretly quite concerned about how Auggie's facial deformities will be seen by his peers.

In the case of Auggie Pullman, the young hero of R.J. Palacio's best - selling children's novel, «Wonder,» the deformity is facial.

' Wonder» is an effective if sometimes sappy adaptation of R.J. Palacio's story of a boy with facial deformities adjusting to middle school.

She gradually begins to develop some form of empathy with her victims, a change that launches when she lures a lonely man with facial deformities and lets him go.

The Perks Of Being A Wallflower director Stephen Chbosky stays firmly within his poignant wheelhouse by adapting someone else's bestselling coming - of - age tale — this time R.J. Palacio's novel about a boy born with a facial deformity (Room's Jacob Tremblay) who struggles to fit in at his new schooOf Being A Wallflower director Stephen Chbosky stays firmly within his poignant wheelhouse by adapting someone else's bestselling coming - of - age tale — this time R.J. Palacio's novel about a boy born with a facial deformity (Room's Jacob Tremblay) who struggles to fit in at his new schooof - age tale — this time R.J. Palacio's novel about a boy born with a facial deformity (Room's Jacob Tremblay) who struggles to fit in at his new school.

The heartwarming story of a boy with a facial deformity checked all the right boxes for first - weekend audiences.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, WONDER tells the incredibly inspiring and heart - warming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial deformity who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

The screen adaptation tells the story of a young, fifth grade boy with Treacher - Collins Syndrome (a bone and tissue condition that causes facial deformities) who enters public school for the first time.

Chbosky attempts to spread Palacio's message of acceptance It looks like this fall will be stirring up the feels in us with Wonder, a film about a young 5th grade age boy named Auggie Pullman, played by Jacob Tremblay (The Book of Henry, Room), who has severe facial deformities and to make matters worse he's -LSB-...]

He's tormented, however, by his disfiguring facial birthmark, and his safety is threatened by a Nazi law requiring sterilization of those with deformities.

After serving time in Camp Pro, a facility for professional offenders, he creates an alternate identity of an entertainer, Snake, so he can continue with surgeries to help children afflicted with acute facial deformities.

Sadly, the facial deformity that Lily had been born with — a direct result of irresponsible breeding practices at the puppy mill — prevented this beautiful dog from eating properly, and she lived for just fifteen months after finding her new home with Strader.

Abnormalities of the bone, gums and teeth can require oral surgery to diagnose and treat infection, cancer, facial deformities and traumatic injuries.

Nasal or facial injuries can be as minor as superficial skin and scale damage or can progress to deep, full thickness ulceration that can lead to disfiguring deformities of the nose and front of the mouth.

Examples of other defects included flipper - like limbs, organ deformities, hearing problems, deafness, blindness, brain damage, defects to the eyes, facial nerves, kidneys, alimentary tract, and urinary tract, spinal problems, and death.

A prosthodontist deals with complicate and simple restorations of the whole mouth and treats facial deformities.