Craniofacial syndromes and their manifestations The study of disordered development with identifiable morphologic abnormalities is called dysmorphology. Recognizably, these fall outside the range of normal facial variation in human beings. The aim of dysmorphic assessments is to interpret their pattern and diagnose the structural anomalies. More frequently, congenital anomalies have caught the medical attention with gradual and growing advances in the field of clinical genetics. The human genome consists of approximately 80000 genes and some rare syndromes are yet to be identified.
Dentofacial deformities – When there is an imbalance in the orientation of the jaw bones where they are not in harmony with each other such as:
Presurgical analysis will include –