3 Advantages of Craniofacial Awareness
When you say the word craniofacial, instantly what comes to your mind is the head or face. Yes, this is true. Craniofacial relates to the parts of your skull and face. When there is any abnormal growth and development in your face or head, it is then called craniofacial syndrome.
One of the most effective ways to learn about the various types of head or face defects is by joining a group that promotes craniofacial information and general knowledge. It is also in these groups that patients having such defects would not feel judged and criticized, giving them hope and realizations by knowing that life is not so bad after all.
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The beginning of this chapter starts with Neil Shubin dissecting a human skull and examining the essential nerves that are a part of the head. To examine these nerves Shubin had to cut apart a skull to look inside. As Shubin continues he describes 3 separate components to a skull, the plates, the blocks, and the rods. The structures he calls plates can be found on the top of the skull, and they protect the brain. In infants, these plates aren’t connected, and are separate pieces with spaces in between called fontanelles. As an infant grows the plates start to merge and fit together similar to jigsaw pieces in a puzzle. By the age of 2, infants plates should be completely fused together as a single piece. The next part of the skull that Shubin
We’re returning to our ever-popular dental 101 series that discusses key things you should know in relation to your daily dental routine. You’ve been to the dentist. You floss every day, and you brush at least twice a day, just as you have been told to do. You do everything right, yet you’re starting to see something from your gums that concerns you. Blood. Perhaps you ignore it. Maybe it seems like a passing thing, but bleeding gums are never normal, and it pays to give them immediate attention. So just what could it be that is causing your gums to bleed? Let’s take a look at some of the most common culprits.
The sound of the sirens were trapped in her head. Meanwhile, she sat in the emergency room waiting area praying for good news. “How did this happen?” she thought over and over again. After what seemed like forever, the neurosurgeon came out and broke the news to her and her family. Her father’s car accident had broken his spine in three different places, broke a couple of ribs, and left him bruised and scratched all over. The neurosurgeon said it was a miracle that he had no actual brain damage. The neurosurgeon operated on her father’s spine and put him back together with a rod. After the surgery, she couldn’t thank the neurosurgeon enough for all she had done for her father. From that day on, she knew she wanted to be a neurosurgeon so she could help people the way a neurosurgeon helped her father. Neurosurgeons are everyday heroes that have worked very hard to get to where they are, for this
First studies looked for abnormalities within craniofacial structures using techniques and processing common in medical imaging such as cephalometry or computed tomography (CT). In [6] authors applied sophisticated volumetric analysis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the
Have you ever had braces to fix your teeth? They help make your teeth straight. They also make them look nice, so that they aren’t jagged. Orthodontists are the people who work to fix your teeth the way they are supposed to be arranged in your mouth.
Cranium is defined by Webster as the skull, specifically that part of the skull which encloses the brain however the logo used by the game Cranium depicts the soft brain tissue.
Did you know that there are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels in the brain (Neurologist 2011)? It is true, which is why neurosurgeons must take special care when operating procedures in this vital part of our body. Neurosurgeons, equally known as brain surgeons, specialize in the activities occurring in the brain and nervous system. Training to become a brain surgeon requires a 6-7 year neurosurgical residency following four years of medical school (citation). Brain surgeons primarily perform complex surgeries on the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. Becoming a brain surgeon result in significant benefits such as they heal problems in one of the most complex parts of the body, the brain, they help all
There are an immense number of surgical procedures a neurosurgeon has to perform. Neurosurgeons, examine, diagnose and surgically treat disorders of the nervous system. Some of the neurological diseases neurosurgeons treat is brain tumors, neurovascular diseases, cranial base diseases, and pediatric and developmental disorders. Some of the most extensive procedures a neurosurgeon has to perform are treating patients with intracranial tumors, and awake craniotomies (conscious during brain surgery). Despite all the procedures neurosurgeons have to treat; are the surgeries they are performing effective and maintained? Are the neurosurgical procedures up to date so that patients are invulnerable to life
Orthodontist: a person who really knows how to straighten things out! According to ihaveaplaniowa.gov, where most of this information was found, Orthodontists main job is to examine, diagnose, and treat dental malocclusions and oral cavity anomalies. They also design and fabricate appliances to realign teeth and jaws to produce and maintain normal function and to improve appearance. Orthodontists do many different types of treatments to help patients get the smile they have always dreamed of. In this paper, I will explain what orthodontists do, what skills are needed to become one, outlook and salary, and also so some interesting facts about them.
Looking for orthodontics that offer an innovative approach to straightening your smile that will speed up the process? Orthodontic acceleration has become a fascinating development for the field of orthodontics because it allows patients to straighten their teeth faster than ever before. If you had crooked teeth in the past, it could take years before braces would change your tooth structure.
Growing up as a middle class resident, it was made clear to me that I was able to become something in society but was never told what. This left me to many interpretations that weren’t always the right choices. I was left to believe that I had all the opportunities in the world, but only to enter high school I realized that this was not true. Understanding the truth about society has motivated me to become a more narrow minded person as I strive to become a pediatric neurosurgeon. One thing that I like to take part in is watching Grey’s Anatomy. This show’s influential African American doctors how inspired to believe that black people are able to become something despite this being a television show. In my future, I plan on having a little more melanin in my series. I love the city that I am from, Chicago. It is shown in the news as a negative place or seen as “Chiraq”. Many times, people make judgement directed to me due to the fact that I express I am from Chicago. That is why I make it my job to try to change these stereotypes that were placed upon me. I try to demonstrate to other people that I have the same capabilities and intelligence as people who do not live in Chicago as well as students who think I am less of a person because I am African American.
Although each of these nerves control separate extraocular muscles, they are normally examined together due to their close functional interrelationships.
Dentistry is the profession in which the dentist helps with the prevention and treatment of mouth diseases and malfunctions. The dentist performs many duties within their profession. Some duties the dentist may do on a daily basis are: diagnose oral problems, fill cavities, write prescriptions, perform root canals, treat gum disease, examining radiographs, removing root decay, and providing instruction to the patients along with many other duties. Becoming a dentist allows for many different working opportunities. A dentist has the opportunity to work in the military, in a hospital, in administration, or they can even work in a classroom and teach. Most commonly though dentist tend to work in an office which they may own fully or
The sharp and unruly main character of The Mill on the Floss is Maggie Tulliver. She is a “‘gell gone nine,’” at the outset of the story, the daughter of the miller Mr. Tulliver, and lives with her family on the banks of the Floss (Eliot 8, 9, 12). When Mr. and Mrs. Tulliver begin discussing the issue of Tom's education in their first conversation of the story, they segue into discussion of his sister. While Mrs. Tulliver derides Maggie for being unsensible, brown-skinned, and altogether unlike her side of the family, Mr. Tulliver defends her, saying “‘she's a straight, black-eyed wench as anybody need wish to see. I don't know i' what she's behind other folks's children; and she can read almost as well as the parson,’” (Eliot 12). Maggie's parents further describe her physiognomy for the reader later in this conversation. From Mrs. Tulliver's perspective, her daughter's hair exemplifies the issue with Maggie's character. “‘But her hair won't curl all I can do with it… an' there's her cousin Lucy's got a row o' curls round her head, an' not a hair out o' place,’” Mrs. Tulliver frets (Eliot 12, 13). Maggie’s mother feels that her daughter is a comical mistake, with her “dark, heavy locks,” “air of a small Shetland pony,” and likeness to “‘a Bedlam creature,’” (Eliot 12, 13). Because of this dissatisfaction, Mrs. Tulliver is forever attempting to make her daughter more similar to herself and to “‘other folks’s’” respectable, curly-haired children. Later in the story, Maggie’s character is further established by juxtaposition to her brother Tom. Tom Tulliver differs from Maggie not only in appearance, but also in garnering motherly affection: Mrs. Tulliver continually speaks of him with great approbation and pride, greeting him as “‘my sweet lad!’”on his return from school (Eliot 30). In addition to this contrast in affection, a contrast in physical character is evident between the siblings. Tom is described as “a lad with light-brown hair, cheeks of cream and roses, full lips, indeterminate nose and eyebrows… the generic character to boyhood,” while Maggie is “moulded and colored with the most decided intention,” a “dark-eyed, demonstrative, rebellious girl,” though it is noted that these physical appearances