"Maxilla" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.
Descriptor ID |
D008437
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MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.781.324.502.645 A14.521.645
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Concept/Terms |
Maxilla- Maxilla
- Maxillas
- Maxillary Bone
- Bone, Maxillary
- Bones, Maxillary
- Maxillary Bones
- Maxillae
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1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maxilla" by people in Profiles.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Bornstein MM. Extraoral anatomy in CBCT ? a literature review. Part 3: Retromaxillary region Swiss Dent J. 2020 03 09; 130(3):216-228.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Bornstein MM. Extraoral anatomy in CBCT ? a literature review. Part 2: Zygomatico-orbital region Swiss Dent J. 2020 02 10; 130(2):126-138.
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Polo CL, Abdelkarim AZ, von Arx T, Lozanoff S. The Morphology of the Infraorbital Nerve and Foramen in the Presence of an Accessory Infraorbital Foramen. J Craniofac Surg. 2019 Jan; 30(1):244-253.
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von Arx T, Lozanoff S, Sendi P, Bornstein MM. Assessment of bone channels other than the nasopalatine canal in the anterior maxilla using limited cone beam computed tomography. Surg Radiol Anat. 2013 Nov; 35(9):783-90.
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Gupta R, Singh S, Jain S, Mandal AK. Recurrent calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor of the maxilla: report of a case with cytologic diagnosis. Acta Cytol. 2006 Sep-Oct; 50(5):545-7.
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Singh GD, McNamara JA, Lozanoff S. Morphometry of the midfacial complex in subjects with class III malocclusions: Procrustes, Euclidean, and cephalometric analyses. Clin Anat. 1998; 11(3):162-70.
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Bermejo R, Remy M, Zeigler HP. Jaw movement kinematics and jaw muscle (EMG) activity during drinking in the pigeon (Columba livia). J Comp Physiol A. 1992 Mar; 170(3):303-9.