Dubai patient regains ability to smile with jaw implant

For two years, 46-year-old Nemr Mazen Nimer Altaher couldn't smile, speak clearly, or eat without pain.

- Sahim Salim

His face had been left disfigured after surgery to remove a benign jaw tumour — a lifesaving procedure that came at a heavy personal cost. Today, the Jordanian national is smiling again, thanks to a 3D-printed prosthesis designed by specialists at Medcare Dentofaces in Dubai.

Altaher was diagnosed in 2022 with ameloblastoma, a rare but benign tumour that had grown aggressively across his upper jaw. Although surgery successfully removed the tumour and saved his life, it left him with a severe facial deformity that affected his appearance, speech, and ability to chew. The emotional toll was just as severe.