"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)
| Descriptor ID |
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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Facial Bones" by people in Profiles.
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Hindin DI, Muetterties CE, Lee JC, Kumar A, Kawamoto HK, Bradley JP. Internal Distraction Resulted in Improved Patient-Reported Outcomes for Midface Hypoplasia. J Craniofac Surg. 2018 Jan; 29(1):139-143.
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Severson MA, Bell RS, Armonda RA. Triage and management of cranial injuries. Atlas Oral Maxillofac Surg Clin North Am. 2013 Mar; 21(1):105-15.
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Tantawi D, Armonda R, Valerio I, Kumar AR. Management of decompressive craniectomy defects: modern military treatment strategies. J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Nov; 23(7 Suppl 1):2042-5.
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Saigal K, Winokur RS, Finden S, Taub D, Pribitkin E. Use of three-dimensional computerized tomography reconstruction in complex facial trauma. Facial Plast Surg. 2005 Aug; 21(3):214-20.
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Ponsell MR. Assessing facial fractures in the emergency department. JAAPA. 2003 May; 16(5):43-4, 47-50, 69.
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Bales C, Kotapka M, Loevner LA, Al-Rawi M, Weinstein G, Hurst R, Weber RS. Craniofacial resection of advanced juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Sep; 128(9):1071-8.
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Sataloff RT, Bowman C, Baker SR, Osterholm J. Transfacial resection of intracranial tumor. Am J Otol. 1988 May; 9(3):222-8.