Canadian Medical Guide > Diseases > Musculoskeletal Diseases > Jaw Diseases Terms and Definitions
Jaw Diseases
Medical Definition: | |
Guide Notes: | GEN |
Previously Indexed: | Bone Diseases (1966),Jaw (1966),Mandible (1966),Maxilla (1966) |
Granuloma, Giant Cell - A non-neoplastic inflammatory lesion, usually of the jaw or gingiva, containing large, multinucleated cells. It includes reparative giant cell granuloma. Peripheral giant cell granuloma refers to the gingiva (giant cell epulis); central refers to the jaw. | |
Jaw Abnormalities - Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the jaw. | |
Jaw, Edentulous - The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY. | |
Mandibular Diseases | |
Maxillary Diseases |
Jaw Diseases Medical Definitions and Terms
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