Boonshoft School of Medicine receives grant for pediatric research

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Researchers from Wright State University’s Boonshoft School of Medicine are part of a new research team that will study craniofacial growth in pediatric patients

The research team will actually study how children’s facial structures grow. The comprehensive study will be the largest of its kind and is eventually expected to provide orthodontists and surgeons with precise diagnostic tools — for children who may simply need braces, or those with severe abnormalities of the face or head caused by birth defects, disease or trauma.

Read the article from WYSO Public Radio.