The Road Less Traveled: The Marham National Health Institute's Journey on Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery Missions.

Congenital cleft lip and palate represent the prevailing craniofacial birth anomalies on a global scale. Notably, a substantial proportion of patients within remote regions of Iran defer corrective surgery until later stages of life, often in childhood or adulthood, primarily due to intricate financial and cultural constraints. In response to this pressing healthcare challenge, a dedicated collective of volunteer plastic surgeons was established in 2009 with the explicit aim of providing medical care to these underserved patients.

Assessing Long-Term Neurodevelopment among Children with Non-Syndromic Single Suture Craniosynostosis.

Background: Single suture craniosynostosis (SSC) is a disorder, affecting brain growth. Reviewing literature reveals controversialists of papers in this field.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted from 2014 to 2016.

Incidence of Familial Craniosynostosis Among Patients With Nonsyndromic Craniosynostosis.

Background: Craniosynostosis has an incidence of 1 in 2000 to 2500 live births, and is categorized into syndromic and nonsyndromic types. Nonsyndromic ones can be familial in which more than one of the family members are involved.

Methods: This is a prospective study which is carried out from April 2015 to January 2018 in 2 academic hospitals.

Prefabricated Skin Excision in Face Lift: A Simplified Technique.

Background: The demand for facial plastic surgery has dramatically been increased in recent years. Over the last decade, numerous methods have been improved for facelift surgery. Despite these modifications, skin excision technique has not changed significantly.

The Impact of Cosmetic Surgery on Women's Marital Satisfaction and Self-Concept.

Background: Today, cosmetic surgery is one of the most common procedures worldwide, and its use is increasing. This study aimed to identify the impact of cosmetic surgery on married women's marital satisfaction and self-concept.

Methods: From January 1, 2015 to June 6, 2015, 44 married women operated in a plastic surgery clinic or seeking for a cosmetic surgery and 55 non-applicants as general population were enrolled.

Teenage Rhinoplasty.

Background: Rhinoplasty is among the most popular aesthetic surgical procedures selected by teenagers. When it comes to teenagers' rhinoplasty, almost all surgeons believe that modified techniques should be considered because the nose is still growing. In this article, we prospectively followed teenagers who had undergone septorhinoplasty to assess the safety of procedure and its possible complications.

Prevalence of Rare Craniofacial Clefts.

Background: Craniofacial clefts are extremely rare congenital malformations that have adverse functional, psychosocial, and aesthetic effects on patients' life. Although the exact incidence is unclear, it is estimated between 1.4 and 4.

Relationship between birth weight and time of first deciduous tooth eruption in 143 consecutively born infants.

Background: Deciduous teeth play an important role in the proper alignment, spacing and occlusion of permanent teeth. The calcification of deciduous teeth begins during the fourth prenatal month, and calcification of all deciduous teeth begin by the end of the sixth prenatal month. The eruption date varies and is genetically influenced.