A Chip off the Old Cadaver.

The article reports on the new technique developed by a team headed by surgeon Judah Folkman of Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts to treat structural deformities in the faces of children. In this process, a paste of demineralized bone powder is caulked around defects which induces the host tissue to form new bones. It also expects this treatment to be extensively used in case of accident victims and with people who lost jaw bone due to periodontal disease or tooth loss.