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Descriptor English:
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Surgery, Oral
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Cirugía Bucal
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Cirurgia Bucal
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Synonyms English:
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Exodontics
Maxillofacial Surgery
Oral Surgery
Surgery, Maxillofacial
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Tree Number:
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E06.892
H02.163.876.886
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Definition English:
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A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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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
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See Related English:
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Dentistry, Operative
Oral Surgical Procedures
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History Note English:
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EXODONTICS was see TOOTH EXTRACTION 1965-97; was EXODONTIA see TEETH EXTRACTION 1963-64
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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13896
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Unique Identifier:
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D013515
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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