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| ARCH BARS; MAXILLOMANDIBULAR FIXATION (MMF) |
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| METAL PLATES WIRED TO THE TEETH TO OCCLUDE THE JAW DURING MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY OR DURING HEALING. IT MAINTAINS THE PATIENT'S NORMAL BITE. |
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| AN INCISION MADE BETWEEN THE FRONTAL AND THE PARIETAL BONES BILATERALLY. |
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| A SEVERE FRACTURE OF THE ORBITAL CAVITY IN WHICH A PORTION OF THE GLOBE MAY EXTRUDE OUTSIDE THE CAVITY. |
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| THE NUMBER, TYPE, AND PATTERN OF TEETH. |
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| A HORIZONTAL FRACTURE OF THE MAXILLA THAT CAUSES THE HARD PALATE AND ALVEOLAR PROCESS TO BECOME SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE MAXILLA. IT EXTENDS INTO THE LOWER NASAL SEPTUM, LATERAL MAXILLARY SINUS, AND PALATINE BONES. |
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| A FRACTURE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE NASAL BONE TO THE FRONTAL PROCESSES OF THE MAXILLA, LACRIMAL BONES, AND INFERIOR ORBITAL FLOOR, AND IT MAY EXTEND INTO THE ORBITAL FORAMEN. INFERIORLY, IT EXTENDS INTO THE ANTERIOR MAXILLARY SINUS AND THE PTERYGOID PLATES. |
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| THIS FRACTURE INVOLVES SEPARATION OF ALL THE FACIAL BONES FROM THEIR CRANIAL BASE. IT INCLUDES FRACTURE OF THE ZYGOMA, MAXILLA, AND NASAL BONES. |
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| NORMALLY TO "CLOSE." IN MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY THIS REFERS TO THE PATIENT'S BITE PATTERN WHEN THE JAW IS CLOSED. |
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| SURGERY INVOLVING THE BONES OF THE FACE, PRIMARILY FOR REPAIR OF FRACTURES AND RECONSTRUCTION FOR CONGENITAL ANOMALIES. |
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| SKIN INCISION MADE APPROXIMATELY 2MM INFERIOR TO THE LOWER EYELASHES. |
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| TRANSCONJUNTIVAL INCISION |
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| INCISION MADE THROUGH THE CONJUNCTIVA. |
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| A BONE PLATE WITH RETAINING POSTS USED IN THE PROCEDURE FOR DENTAL IMPLANTS. |
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| SCREWS THAT PENETRATE BOTH CORTICAL LAYERS AND THE INTERVENING SPONGY LAYER OF THE BONE. |
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