 Facial Bones
"Facial Bones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region. While some consider the facial bones to comprise the hyoid (HYOID BONE), palatine (HARD PALATE), and zygomatic (ZYGOMA) bones, MANDIBLE, and MAXILLA, others include also the lacrimal and nasal bones, inferior nasal concha, and vomer but exclude the hyoid bone. (Jablonski, Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p113)
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D005147
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.324
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| Concept/Terms |
Facial Bones- Facial Bones
- Bone, Facial
- Bones, Facial
- Facial Bone
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Bones" by people in Profiles.
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Boyce AM, Burke A, Cutler Peck C, DuFresne CR, Lee JS, Collins MT. Surgical Management of Polyostotic Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia: Long-Term Outcomes and Predictors for Postoperative Regrowth. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jun; 137(6):1833-9.
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Leet AI, Boyce AM, Ibrahim KA, Wientroub S, Kushner H, Collins MT. Bone-Grafting in Polyostotic Fibrous Dysplasia. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2016 Feb 03; 98(3):211-9.
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McCormick ME, Fissenden TM, Chun RH, Lander L, Shah RK. Resource utilization and national demographics of laryngotracheal trauma in children. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014 Sep; 140(9):829-32.
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Foster BL, Ramnitz MS, Gafni RI, Burke AB, Boyce AM, Lee JS, Wright JT, Akintoye SO, Somerman MJ, Collins MT. Rare bone diseases and their dental, oral, and craniofacial manifestations. J Dent Res. 2014 Jul; 93(7 Suppl):7S-19S.
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Rogers GF, Greene AK. Autogenous bone graft: basic science and clinical implications. J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Jan; 23(1):323-7.
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Greene AK, Mulliken JB, Proctor MR, Rogers GF. Primary grafting with autologous cranial particulate bone prevents osseous defects following fronto-orbital advancement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007 Nov; 120(6):1603-11.
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