​A 36 year old woman reported to our hospital with the complaint of missing teeth along with the bone in the front region of lower jaw. She added that the anterior mandibular segment was removed due to ameloblastoma and reconstruction plate was fixed few years back elsewhere and she was not able to chew foods and speak well due to missing teeth along with the bone. She wanted permanent reconstruction of her mandible and fixed teeth.
After thorough clinical and radiological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji planned to reconstruct her mandibular defect using costochondral rib graft following which dental implants will be fixed into the newly formed bone. Intraorally, the infected mobile mandibular reconstruction plate and screws placed elsewhere were removed and reconstructed using costochondral rib graft along with the titanium mandibular reconstruction plate. Incision was closed in layers. Patient feels very happy to have complete reconstruction in a single surgery. Following new bone formation fixed dental implant replacement will be done for her missing teeth.  

​A 3-month-old baby girl born with unilateral cleft lip & palate defect was brought to our hospital by her parents for the surgical correction of her cleft lip defect.
Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S. M. Balaji performed the primary cleft lip repair surgery using the modified Millard’s technique. The parents were very happy that their baby’s cleft lip defect was corrected with hardly any scars and the child’s appearance greatly improved.  The baby and her family went back to their hometown and they are to return later for further cleft management.

​A 14-year-old boy was brought to our hospital with his parents from Bangladesh with a complaint of swelling with pain in his lower jaw. A digital X-ray took revealed a large cystic lesion involving entire left side of mandible with impacted wisdom tooth.
 Histopathological examination of the specimen showed it to be a chronic infected dentigerous cyst. Maxillofacial surgeon Dr. S.M. Balaji surgically removed the entire cystic lesion along with the lining with affected tooth in toto. And the secondary mandibular defect was reconstructed simultaneously using costochondral rib graft. Following surgery the wound healed well and the patient was happy to be cured of his ailment.