Building a Long-Term Career in the Healthcare Industry
Source Ever wonder how someone sticks with a job in healthcare for decades, through budget cuts, policy shifts, understaffing, and global pandemics—and still shows up the next morning? It’s not…
Why More People Are Choosing Nursing as a Second Career
Image source In recent years, more adults are walking away from jobs they’ve held for decades to start something entirely new. Many of them are choosing nursing. The reason isn’t…
What Makes a Great Hospital Experience for Patients
Image source Many patients today say their overall experience matters as much as the quality of care itself. A hospital can have advanced equipment and skilled doctors, but if the…
Cephalometry and Cephalometric Analysis
Chapter 7Cephalometry and Cephalometric Analysis Introduction Cephalometry is the scientific measurement of the heads of living individuals (Greek kephalē: ‘a head’; metron: ‘a measure’ or ‘measurement’). Cephalometric radiography is a…
The Maxilla and Midface
Chapter 16The Maxilla and Midface Introduction The terms ‘maxilla’ and ‘midface’ are not synonymous. The midface, or middle region of the face, is the area between a superior plane drawn…
Facial Type
Chapter 8Facial Type Introduction ‘It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces, there should be none alike’. Sir Thomas Browne (1605–82), English physician…
The Mandible
Chapter 19The Mandible Terminology See ‘terminology’ section in Chapter 16. Anatomy, morphology and size Normal Anatomy and Subunits The mandible, the bone of the lower jaw, is one of the…
Facial Symmetry and Asymmetry
Chapter 10Facial Symmetry and Asymmetry Introduction Symmetry may be defined as correspondence in size, shape and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane….
