Jaw Transplant Surgery - Health News Story - WNBC | New York

Jaw Transplant Surgery - story and video

"He was born without a lower chin and jaw. Meet Alan Doherty, a 17 year old boy from Ireland who says he was teased and stared at for his entire life. But because of the generosity of a special organization and a series of operations, Alan hopes that's about to change." - Read more here...

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Rare jaw transplant performed in New York - story

"For 50 years, a woman in our area lived without a jaw. She had upper teeth, a tongue, but no jaw. It make life quite difficult. But one day, an article about a jaw transplant in Europe give her a new goal -- and the surgery was remarkable." Read more here...