About Babys Skull
First Signs and Symptoms
It's not unusual for an infant to have an abnormal head shape at birth or the weeks immediately following. The deformities can be the result of several different causes including infant sleep position, premature birth, intrauterine positioning, birth trauma and muscular torticollis. However, if there is still some kind of abnormality after six weeks of age, the infant may require further medical treatment. This is when we become involved. Our highly trained orthotists on staff specialize in cranial remolding orthoses. Regardless of the cause or deformity, early treatment can be the key to successful results.
Positional Deformaties
Cranial deformities are generally classified into three categories:
Plagiocephaly (left) refers to an obliquity of the skull with a flattened area on the back of the skull and a frontal prominence opposite of the flattening.
Brachycephaly (center) refers to a short/wide head shape resulting from the width of the skull being too large in ratio to the length.
Scaphocephaly (right) is characterized by a long and narrow head shape.