Over the past two decades, manga has exploded in readership beyond Japan, and its style has captured the interest of young artists all over. But, what exactly are the properties of this "style" beyond the surface of big eyes and "backward" reading? This paper explores the structural elements of the Japanese Visual Language (JVL) that comprises the "manga style" — ranging from looking at the “bi...

Our goal was to describe our experience of the folded radial forearm flap (RFF) flap in through-and-through buccal defect reconstructions.Patients who had received a folded RFF flap for full-thickness cheek defect reconstruction were included. The flap success rate and functional results were evaluated.Six patients were enrolled. All flaps survived totally without any complication; the mean fla...

The actinopterygian fish †Hemicalypterus weiri Schaeffer, 1967 is herein redescribed and rediagnosed based on new information collected from reexamination of museum specimens as well as examination of recently collected specimens from the Upper Triassic Chinle Formation of San Juan County, Utah, United States. †Hemicalypterus is distinguishable by its deep, disc-shaped compressed body; ganoid-s...

Patients who have unusually small mouths may have difficulty in obtaining dental care and maintaining good oral hygiene. The fabrication of conventional complete removable dental prostheses for an edentulous patient with microstomia is challenging because of the limited access to the oral cavity. Sectional collapsible complete removable dental prostheses were designed as hinged maxillary and ma...

Burns of head and neck region causes skin contracture which will result in microstomia loss flaccidity. The prevention management is an important aspect facial burn. goal repair include the reconstruction orbicularis sphincter for adequate lip functioning, obtaining symmetry well positioned scar mouth opening. standard treatment includes compression therapy, grafting, splinting, massage, excerc...

Microstomia is a term used to describe a small oral aperture, which is different from micrognathia in which patients have small jaws. The term microstomia may be better defined as any restriction in the range of motion of the mandible, so it is functionally reduced mouth opening. Normal maximum mouth opening ranges from 36-77mm in healthy individual with average value of 40-50mm. Abstract: Stat...