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ePTFE Sheeting for Limited Skull Augmentations

Augmentation of the outer contours of the skull, commonly referred to as cranioplasty, has been done using a wide variety of biomaterials. The different types of materials used speaks to the great tolerance of this body area to implants in general and is the result of the superb blood supply of the scalp and skull Read More…

Total Coverage Custom Skull Implant Design

Skull implants today can be designed to cover any surface area of the skull that needs to be augmented. Utilizing the patient’s 3D CT scan, its design and size is only limited by the limitations imposed by the elasticity of the scalp. (how much can the scalp stretch to accommodate what lies underneath it) Typically Read More…

Technical Strategies – Custom 3D Skull Implant Intraoperative Positioning

Custom 3D implants are, by far, the most effective method for any form of aesthetic skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant that has a presurgically chosen shape and thicknesses based on the patient’s actual bony skull anatomy and aesthetic desires, this removes the inaccuracies that naturally come from intraoperatively fashioned augmentations that are made Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Female Forehead Osteoma Removal

Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony outgrowths that commonly occur on the skull. They are composed of mature solid bone that appears an a ballooning or circular outcropping from the skull’s surface. Their growth is slow and their progression in size is of one of years. They are reported to most commonly occur between Read More…

The Female Bumpit Skull Implant for Crown Augmentation

Aesthetic skull augmentations are done for both men and women. But there are gender differences in the types of skull augmentations that are done. The most common augmentations done in men are for a flat or asymmetric back of the head, a head shape symptom exposed by short haircuts or a shaved head. The most Read More…

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