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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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)