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Descriptor English: Orthognathic Surgery
Descriptor Spanish: Cirugía Ortognática
Descriptor cirugía ortognática
Scope note: Especialidad quirúrgica que se encarga de corregir trastornos relacionados con la malposición de los maxilares y de otras ANOMALÍAS MAXILOFACIALES relacionadas, como el PALADAR HENDIDO y el RETROGNATISMO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Cirurgia Ortognática
Descriptor French: Chirurgie orthognathique
Entry term(s): Orthognathic Surgeries
Surgeries, Orthognathic
Surgery, Orthognathic
Tree number(s): E06.892.500
H02.163.876.886.500
H02.403.810.481
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057909
Scope note: A surgical specialty concerned with correcting conditions related to malposition of the jawbones and other related MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES (e.g., CLEFT PALATE; RETROGNATHISM).
Annotation: do not confuse with ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Malocclusion (1973-2010)
Orthodontics, Corrective (1974-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 54276
Unique ID: D057909
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2018/03/01
Orthognathic Surgery - Preferred
Concept UI M0539819
Scope note A surgical specialty concerned with correcting conditions related to malposition of the jawbones and other related MAXILLOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES (e.g., CLEFT PALATE; RETROGNATHISM).
Preferred term Orthognathic Surgery
Entry term(s) Orthognathic Surgeries
Surgeries, Orthognathic
Surgery, Orthognathic



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