​30 year old women reported to our hospital with the complaints of swelling in right side lower half of the face. She also said that this swelling was there for a very long period with occasional numbness in the right side of the face.
After thorough clinical, radiological and histopathological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji diagnosed it as odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) involving right body and ramus of the mandible. He planned to remove the entire lytic lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of the mandible in the same surgery. Costochondral graft was obtained from the ribs to reconstruct the mandible. Through intraoral approach, after raising gingivomucoperiosteal flap extending distally, the entire lesion along with the affected portion of mandible was removed in toto. Harvested rib graft was used to reconstruct the defective region of mandible. Patient is very happy to have both removal of the entire lesion and reconstruction of the affected portion of mandible in the same surgery.

22 year old men reported to our hospital seeking to correct his deviated nose which greatly affected his facial appearance. He gave a history of road traffic accident 2 years back where he had severe injury on the nasal bones. He was very much disappointed as his nose was completely deviated to the right side giving asymmetric facial appearance.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the cosmetic rhinoplasty. Vertically nasal septal cartilage height was trimmed by medial osteotomy to reduce the height of the nose. Deviation along with the width of the nose was reduced by lateral osteotomy technique. Thus deviated nose and size of the framework of the nose was corrected from inside the nose to avoid any scars on the face (closed rhinoplasty technique).
A balance between the nose shape and facial profile was achieved for a more pleasing appearance. The patient was very happy to have a narrower, shapely nose that enhanced his facial profile with absolutely no scarring. 

A 22 year old girl reported to our hospital for the surgical correction of asymmetry over the left side of the face. Facial asymmetry may be present in cases of hemifacial microsomia, TMJ ankylosis or may have resulted following condylar fractures. This patient had a mandibular deficiency at the ramus level and deficiency measured almost 14 mm with a resultant occlusal cant.
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After thorough clinical and radiological examination Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji planned to correct the facial asymmetry using internal distraction osteogenesis with maxillomandibular distractor. Paragingival incision was placed over the left angle region along the anterior border of ramus. Full thickness mucoperiostal flap was reflected buccally and bone exposed. The direction of the osteotomy cut and positioning of the distractor is the most important as it determines the vector of distraction and this determines the direction of the bone growth. The distractor device was positioned and fixed using screws. Osteotomy is then completed along the medial cortex. Distractor device was checked and wound closure done. Le Fort I osteotomy was completed in maxilla. After a latency period of 5 days, distraction at the rate of 1 mm per day was accomplished and facial asymmetry was successfully corrected. Patient feels very happy to have the facial asymmetry correction without any scars on the face.

A 3-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialized treatment of the cleft defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique.  Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkable improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip treated with negligible scar formation. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.

A 4-month-old baby boy born with unilateral cleft lip and palate was brought to our hospital by his parents for specialised treatment of the cleft defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji successfully performed the primary cleft lip repair using modified Millard’s technique.  Right away after surgery the baby’s appearance was remarkably improved and he was able to feed well. His parents were very happy to have the cleft lip treated with negligible scar formation. After few months cleft palate repair will be done.