Doctors at the Rizzoli hospital stressed that they also took great care not to ruin the face of the donor, substituting the removed bone with a wax mould, and avoiding making any surface cuts to the deceased's face.

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Mowbray, whose first league game as Celtic boss will see him travel to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen, said he was determined to mould a winning side.

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Often, in the case of jaw or face plates, the only way to make the mould is to take a plaster cast of the outside of the patient's head, says Dr Richards.

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