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Gap Arthroplasties with Abdominal Fat Grafts for 12 Year Old

This 12 year old girl's jaw joint was completely fused to her skull since she was 2.

This 12 year old girl's jaw joint was completely fused to her skull since she was 2.

Gap Arthroplasties with Abdominal Fat Grafts for 12 Year Old

This 12 year old girl’s jaw joint was completely fused to her skull since she was 2. Couldn’t chew, couldn’t talk normally, couldn’t open her mouth whatsoever.

Pre-op

Reflections: Dr. Simon Oh @subwrx04

“This 12 year old girl travelled 18 hours with her father because her jaw joint was completely fused to her skull since she was 2. Couldn’t chew, couldn’t talk normally, couldn’t open her mouth whatsoever. Today we changed that.

Lots of tears of joy here in Guatemala.

Thank you to @patelomfs @hashtagomfs @drjccamarata @dr.z.brown @robertofuentesvelasquez for generously lending a hand to help these people.

Huge shoutout to @rampagejackson for your support for what we’re trying to accomplish!

If you would like to support our pathologic surgery cause, donate at give.smileback.org

If you want to go fast, go alone If you want to go far, go together

Viva ORCAA. Viva Guatemala 🇬🇹”

“Another life changed forever. This little girl travelled 17 hours with her dad via bus because she had complete fusion of both her TMJs since the age of 2. Not being able to open her mouth made her and her father feel completely helpless, so we had to do it.

We performed gap arthroplasties with abdominal fat grafts with extraction of all the infected teeth

Big thanks to my brothers @dr.z.brown @hashtagomfs @patelomfs @drjccamarata @robertofuentesvelasquez for generously helping this lovely patient.

ORCAA Global Further, Together”

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