Fortis Gurgaon surgeons repair fused jaw bones of a 21-year old
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For all his life, 21-year-old Harman Abdullah had never tasted the delicacies like Yakhni pulao and Korma his mother cooked. This was not because he lived away from her, but because he could never open his mouth wider than a few millimeters to bite into them.
Abdullah (from Kabul) presented to Fortis Memorial Research Institute with Classical bird face deformity which restricted his mouth opening to barely 10 mm (against a normal 35-40 mm mouth opening).
Abdullah had a history of trauma to the temporo-madibular joint as a child (which fused his jaw into the skull and made it immobile), leading to progressive inability to open his mouth.
He had been operated twice as a child back home to improve his condition but not much to his avail. Abdullah also had a severely retruded chin as his bone had not grown as any other normal child affecting his physical appearance. As a result, Harman had not completed his schooling and had no peer. Due to his condition, he could not maintain proper oral hygiene and was malnourished and weak in his overall well-being.
Abdullah (from Kabul) presented to Fortis Memorial Research Institute with Classical bird face deformity which restricted his mouth opening to barely 10 mm (against a normal 35-40 mm mouth opening).
Abdullah had a history of trauma to the temporo-madibular joint as a child (which fused his jaw into the skull and made it immobile), leading to progressive inability to open his mouth.
He had been operated twice as a child back home to improve his condition but not much to his avail. Abdullah also had a severely retruded chin as his bone had not grown as any other normal child affecting his physical appearance. As a result, Harman had not completed his schooling and had no peer. Due to his condition, he could not maintain proper oral hygiene and was malnourished and weak in his overall well-being.
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