Jaw bone cancer can affect the bones of the jaw, stemming from elsewhere in the body or beginning in the jaw bone itself. Symptoms can include unhealing wounds, swelling, and discharge.

3-D printers are not just used for making plastic pirate ships and other toys.Now, doctors are using the technology for custom bone transplants. In June, an 83-year-old Belgain woman received a ...

Doctors at SMS Hospital reconstructed the lower jaw of a patient after it was removed along with a massive tumor. JAIPUR: Doctors at SMS Hospital reconstructed the lower jaw of a patient after it ...

Tumors in and around the lower jaw are often treated by removing part of the jaw bone (mandible). The mandible is reconstructed, if possible, with bone from elsewhere in the body (usually from the ...

Medical History. In 2003, the patient is diagnosed with Crohn's disease. She is treated with salazopyrin (500 mg orally, three times a day) and mesalazine (800 mg orally, three times a day).

3D printer builds new jaw bone for transplant An 83-year-old woman has become the first person to have a 3D printer-created jaw fitted. By Shane Richmond and Shanerichmond 07 February 2012 • 2:30pm ...

A 14-year-old girl presented with progressive swelling of the jaw. Six weeks before this admission, a nonpainful lump in the left lower jaw developed. The mass increased in size, and swelling of th ...

But at first glance, having a single bone on each side of the head -- which creates a stiff lower jaw, or mandible -- doesn't appear to give mammals an advantage over other vertebrates, which have ...

Experts from the University of Hasselt in Belgium have helped build a 3D printed lower jaw bone for replacement surgery in an 83-year-old woman, the Dutch language news Web site DePers reported Feb.