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An operation to reshape or reposition the jaws, as to correct severe cases of malocclusion, in which the teeth do not meet evenly. Such surgery is normally performed by an oral surgeon in a hospital. A surgical intervention aimed at modifying the interconnections between the teeth and/or the supporting structures, commonly performed alongside orthodontic measures.…

Devices used by dentists to correct some types of malocclusion, in which teeth are not in proper positions.  

A child who has no parents and often no guardian. Such a child would once have routinely been placed in a large institutional orphanage but is now more likely to be placed in a group home and then with foster parents until arrangements can be made for the child’s adoption. Under immigration law, for purposes…

A summary of a whole range of age comparisons including educational, mental, dental, carpal (wrist), height, weight, and social as compared to established norms.  

An operation to bring one or both undescended testes down into the scrotum when they have failed to descend on their own before or after birth. Normally performed in a hospital under general anesthesia when the boy is between ages one and five, orchiopexy involves making a small incision in the groin and, through that,…

An operation to remove one or both testes. In adults such an operation is often performed in cases of cancer of the testicles; but in infants or young boys, orchioectomy may be done to remove a testicle that has failed to develop normally or in cases of irreparable damage due to torsion of the testis.…

A type of herpes simplex infection affecting the mouth area.  

A type of external degree program that allows people to gain college credit with little or no attendance at regular courses on a college campus, often offering a combination of correspondence school study and learning via radio and television broadcasts.  

A type of scholarship for which anyone may apply, without restrictions.  

A form of adoption in which birth and adoptive parents have some full or direct contact with each other.