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Descriptor English: Maxillofacial Prosthesis
Descriptor Spanish: Prótesis Maxilofacial
Descriptor prótesis maxilofaciales
Entry term(s) prótesis maxilares
Scope note: Dispositivos protésicos para sustituir defectos del maxilar, la mandíbula, y la cara, a consecuencia de malformaciones, enfermedades, lesiones, o cirugía. Cuando la prótesis reemplaza sólo partes de la mandíbula, se denomina PRÓTESIS MANDIBULAR.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prótese Maxilofacial
Descriptor French: Prothèse maxillofaciale
Entry term(s): Maxillary Prostheses
Maxillary Prosthesis
Maxillofacial Prostheses
Prostheses, Maxillary
Prostheses, Maxillofacial
Prosthesis, Maxillary
Prosthesis, Maxillofacial
Tree number(s): E07.695.510
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008447
Scope note: A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the maxilla, mandible, and face, missing as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery. When the prosthesis replaces portions of the mandible only, it is referred to as MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS.
Annotation: maxillo- here may be either jaw but MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS is also available; not for outer ear replacements ( = EAR, EXTERNAL (IM) + PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS (IM) ) or nose replacements ( = NOSE (IM) + PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS (IM) )
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 67
History Note: 67(66)
Related: Mandibular Prosthesis MeSH
Maxillofacial Prosthesis Implantation MeSH
DeCS ID: 8614
Unique ID: D008447
NLM Classification: WU 600
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Maxillofacial Prosthesis - Preferred
Concept UI M0013141
Scope note A prosthetic appliance for the replacement of areas of the maxilla, mandible, and face, missing as a result of deformity, disease, injury, or surgery. When the prosthesis replaces portions of the mandible only, it is referred to as MANDIBULAR PROSTHESIS.
Preferred term Maxillofacial Prosthesis
Entry term(s) Maxillofacial Prostheses
Prostheses, Maxillofacial
Prosthesis, Maxillofacial
Maxillary Prosthesis - Narrower
Concept UI M0013142
Preferred term Maxillary Prosthesis
Entry term(s) Maxillary Prostheses
Prostheses, Maxillary
Prosthesis, Maxillary



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