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Health Occupations > Dentistry > Specialties, Dental > Surgery, Oral

Preferred term

Surgery, Oral

Topical Descriptor

Specialties, Dental

Orthognathic Surgery

Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral Surgery
Surgery, Maxillofacial

specialty of surgical therapy of diseases, injuries & defects of soft tissue of mouth & jaws; do not confuse with DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE: to restore tooth function; cranio-maxillo-facial surgery does not go here; use instead SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; see also note at ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES

A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region.

History note

EXODONTICS was see TOOTH EXTRACTION 1965-97; was EXODONTIA see TEETH EXTRACTION 1963-64

suukirurgia

Finnish
suuleikkaukset
suuleikkaus
Oral kirurgi

Swedish
Maxillofacial kirurgi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013515

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