DANBURY -- In the years after R.W. had a serious car accident that almost crushed one side of his face, he underwent at least six surgeries to rebuild his jaw, cheeks and right eye socket. Most of ...

Defects of the skull and facial bones can pose difficult challenges for plastic and reconstructive surgeons. A synthetic material called hyperelastic bone -- readily produced by 3D-printing -- could ...

The potential for 3D printing technology to change the way facial reconstruction surgery is performed is being realized in the U.K. Doctors have successfully used 3D-printed titanium plates to rebuild ...

A machine learning algorithm analyzed thousands of 3D facial images in a secure database to ID aspects of facial shape and structure that differentiate hundreds of genetic syndromes. Shown here are ...

Roger Ebert hasn't been able to talk for nearly four years after surgeons removed his lower jaw to stop cancer from spreading. Ebert isn't alone. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans need facial ...

Surgeons at Boston Children’s Hospital have reconstructed the face of a 2-year-old with a rare facial deformity by using 3D printing, wric.com reported. Violet Pietrok was born with frontonasal ...

An analysis of Neanderthal nose bones suggests the species’ famously large noses did not evolve primarily to warm and ...

Facial and head surgery can require sections of bone to be removed, and doctors often have to harvest material from elsewhere in the body to fill in the gaps. That's not always an ideal situation, and ...

You can blame the bones in the face, not just gravity, for those wrinkles, jowls, and the general drooping appearance that comes with age. A new study shows that the shrinking of facial bones plays a ...