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Descriptor English: Mandibular Advancement
Descriptor Spanish: Avance Mandibular
Descriptor avance mandibular
Entry term(s) adelantamiento mandibular
Scope note: Desplazamiento de una mandíbula retraída hacia adelante, a la posición normal. Se realiza generalmente en casos de maloclusión y retrognatia.
Descriptor Portuguese: Avanço Mandibular
Descriptor French: Avancement mandibulaire
Entry term(s): Advancement, Mandibular
Tree number(s): E04.545.500
E06.645.500
E06.658.280
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019186
Scope note: Moving a retruded mandible forward to a normal position. It is commonly performed for malocclusion and retrognathia. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Mandible/surgery (1973-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
Related: Malocclusion MeSH
DeCS ID: 33115
Unique ID: D019186
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Mandibular Advancement - Preferred
Concept UI M0028588
Scope note Moving a retruded mandible forward to a normal position. It is commonly performed for malocclusion and retrognathia. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992)
Preferred term Mandibular Advancement
Entry term(s) Advancement, Mandibular



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