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Mandible

Known as: Lower Jaw, Bone, Mandibular, Lower jaw bone 
The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth.
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AmeloblastomaBlood supply aspectsBody partBone structure of cranium
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Bone structure of faceLower jaw regionmaxilla and mandible

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Hypoglossia-HypodactyliaHypomandibular faciocranial dysostosisMandibuloacral dysostosisSHORT STATURE, AUDITORY CANAL ATRESIA, MANDIBULAR HYPOPLASIA, SKELETAL ABNORMALITIES
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Final results of the 94-01 French Head and Neck Oncology and Radiotherapy Group randomized trial comparing radiotherapy alone with concomitant radiochemotherapy in advanced-stage oropharynx carcinoma…
PURPOSE We report the 5-year survival and late toxicity results of a randomized clinical trial, which showed a 3-year improvement… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Crestal bone changes around titanium implants. A histometric evaluation of unloaded non-submerged and submerged implants in the canine mandible.
BACKGROUND Today, implants are placed using both non-submerged and submerged approaches, and in 1- and 2-piece configurations… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
A review of 60 consecutive fibula free flap mandible reconstructions.
Sixty consecutive fibula free flap mandible reconstructions were performed for oncologic defects. Patient age averaged 46.7 years… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Lengthening the human mandible by gradual distraction.
Lengthening of the mandible by gradual distraction was performed on four young patients (average age 78 months). The amount of… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Long-term follow-up study of osseointegrated implants in the treatment of totally edentulous jaws.
This study reviews the long-term outcome of prostheses and fixtures (implants) in 759 totally edentulous jaws of 700 patients. A… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Fibula free flap: a new method of mandible reconstruction.
  • D. Hidalgo
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 5755239
The fibula was investigated as a donor site for free-flap mandible reconstruction. It has the advantages of consistent shape… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A classification of the edentulous jaws.
  • J. Cawood, R. Howell
  • International journal of oral and maxillofacial…
  • 1988
  • Corpus ID: 34399517
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Healing of Bone Defects by Guided Tissue Regeneration
In this study we describe a principle for the accomplishment of bone regeneration based on the hypothesis that different cellular… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Normal and abnormal growth of the mandible. A synthesis of longitudinal cephalometric implant studies over a period of 25 years.
This paper examines the complex rotation processes that occur during growth in normal and abnormal mandibular development. The… 
Highly Cited
1934
Highly Cited
1934
GLOSSOPTOSIS DUE TO ATRESIA AND HYPOTROPHY OF THE MANDIBLE
The article by Eley and Farber1of Boston published in theAmerican Journal of Diseases of Childrenin 1930 seems to me a precise… 
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