Category: skull reshaping | technical strategies

Background: The back of the skull, known as the occiput, often differs in shape from the other skull bony surfaces. Due to the attachments of the thick neck muscles, the inferior surface of the occiput can have bony ‘irregularities’. Such raised bony areas are a result of the ‘form follows function’ anatomic principle where the Read More…

Background: Patients seek augmentation of their head shape for a variety of reasons. For some it is correction of a flat or deformed head shape. For others it is to make a smaller head larger with a concomitant improvement in its shape. But regardless of the reason the limitation of the magnitude of the change Read More…

Background: The development is a complex interplay between multiples independently bone plate sites. This combined with the influence of various muscle and facial attachments makes for irregular surfaces around the base of the skull. One such common bony protrusion site is the inion or occipital knob on the back of the head. While everyone has Read More…

Background: Custom skull implants are a very effective method of increasing various outer contours of the skull. Whether it is for correcting deficient areas of the skull or to increase its external surface for improved shape or size, the use of a 3D CT scan allows preoperative implant designing. In such designs considerable thought goes Read More…

Background:  Custom skull implants have proven to be a reliable method of treating a wide variety of head shape issues. In their preoperative design considerable thought goes into how to best achieve the patient’s desired outcome. But despite this design effort, no one can accurately predict the outcome and how the patient will perceive their Read More…

Background: Congenital skull defects occur in a wide variety of presentations. In essence it is any contour irregularity that results in a noticeable loss of contour projection. Most congenital skull defects are not full-thickness. Rather they are partial thickness with inadequate bine thickness compared to the surrounding bone. One of the smaller congenital skull defects Read More…

Background:  While shape deficiencies can occur on any area of the skull, the back of the head is the most frequently affected. Most such head shape deformities are positional, occurring either in utero and in the early post natal period. Given the frequent position that the head is in laying in utero or during sleep, Read More…