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Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery

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1. Most common technique to repair mandibular fractures using varied sizes of titenium plates and screws






2. Incision is made following the patients natural hair line






3. Self controlled tool for cutting/ drilling the cranium stops when bone is penetrated






4. Soft decayed area in a tooth; leads to cavities and tooth decay






5. Gums






6. Used to immobilze jaw following mandibular and/or maillary fracture; supine postion






7. Teeth that develop in locations that do not permit their eruption.






8. Surgery in which the jaws are moved into proper alignment by direct manipulation of the jaw






9. Overgrowth of bone; chronic condition that causes abnormal bone growth






10. Most common type of mid facial fx; procedure to repair fracutre of the maxilla; supine






11. AKA # 7 CRANIAL NERVE; mixed nerve that controls muscles of the scalp and face. provides sensations over the face and receives taste information from the tongue.






12. Leaking of spinal fluid from your nose caused by a defect to or trauma to the cribriform plate






13. Asymmentry with respect to each side of the jaw






14. Sutures of skull fuse permanently changing the growth pattern of the infant skull - they fuse prematurely






15. Abnormal alignment of the teeth with the upper and lower jaw






16. Muscle that closes & protudes the lips. Kissing






17. The roof of the mouth. The anterior portion is hard or bony; saparates the nose from the mouth






18. Posterior portion of roof of muth that consists of muscle and fat which has a mucous membane; separates the mouth from the naso pharnx






19. A bone graft obtained from another area of the same patient and used to induce new bone formation in the defect






20. A rubber wedge placed between the upper and lower teeth of the unaffected side to maintain the patient's mouth in an open position; which facilitate visualization and prevents injury to surgical staff






21. Surgery to repair the thin bones of the orbit; allows content of eye to herniate; supine






22. Wet guaze or tampons used around endotracheal tube/laryngeal mask airway to absorb blood that might pool in upper ariway; included in formal count






23. Hand held cheek and tongue retractor used to insert throat packs or in application of arch bars






24. Unusually small jaw - combined with a cleft palate - downward displacement of the tongue - and difficulty breathing






25. An intricate solution to craniofacial deformities - postiton will vary