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 | | Bone resorption in the mandible and maxilla is a consequence of edentulism. | | | The cadaveric bone was stabilized to the patient's mandible with 26 gauge stainless steel wire ligature (Figure 3). | | | This extraoral approach and the use of cadaveric mandibles for restoration of defects have been reported by Marx et al.11,12 and Quinn.14 The patient is able to continue using an existing dental prosthesis with minimal modification during the post-operative healing period. |
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http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/news/dental/cdr97/Chen.html
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| | Mandible Fractures |
| | All fractures of tooth bearing areas of the mandible are considered open and should be treated with antibiotics that cover mouth flora, specifically gram positive and anaerobic organisms. | | | However, the second study by this group in 1995 involved 167 fractures in edentulous patients of which 81% were treated by ORIF. | | | In the 1970's Michelet and Champy developed the method of using small, bendable non-compression plates along the support structure of the mandible as a semirigid means of fixation. |
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http://www.utmb.edu/otoref/Grnds/Mandible-fx-040526/Mandible-fx-040526.htm
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| | Facial biomechanics |
| | He is studying a technique for faster recovery and better stability of the mandible, the U-shaped bone comprising the lower jaw. | | | Researchers would apply forces to the cantilever beam model and use their results to describe the behavior of the mandible. | | | The research is designed to restore support to this load-bearing structure by learning about the forces that are applied to the mandible when a person chews. |
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http://www.cwru.edu/pubs/cnews/1998/2-12/face.htm
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| | Biomechanics of the human face |
| | Abstract: The mechanical behavior of the human mandible during mastication is explored. | | | Sensitivity of the predicted stresses to variations in the boundary conditions used in the model is explored. | | | The treatment of mandible fractures with rigid internal fixation (RIF) will then be described. |
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http://ecivwww.cwru.edu/civil/research/bio1.htm
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| | Dr. Fred Schudy: The Posture of the Mandible |
| | These movements of the mandible are the most important and most basic of all biological principles involved in the study of the treatment of malocclusion. | | | When growth has ceased, the forward movement of the mandible seems to be yet possible by the forward movement of the fossa and the bending of the neck of the condyle. | | | All downward movements of the chin are caused by vertical molar growth increments. |
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http://www.vsbw.com/~schudyf/art66.html
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| | World Dentistry Decision-Making and Treatment Planning in the Edentulous Mandible Restored with Fixed or Removable ... |
| | Since, according to the literature, similar treatment outcomes are reported for the different restorative concepts, [1], [9] other factors may have an impact on the decision-making process. | | | The most decisive clinical parameters are associated with the anatomy of the alveolar bone, i.e. | | | [12] In full denture rehabilitation, the divergent resorption pattern in the edentulous maxilla and mandible frequently leads to an intermaxillary cross-bite relationship of the posterior denture teeth to ensure sufficient denture stability. |
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http://www.worlddent.com/2001/05/articles/marinello.xml
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| | Hexahedral Mesh Generation for the Simulation of the Human Mandible (ResearchIndex) |
| | 1 the human mandible: validation of the activity of the mastic.. | | | 1 Stress analysis of the human mandible related to traumatolog.. | | | We provide a case study for the applicability of our hexahedral mesh generation approach to the simulation of physiological stress scenarios of the human mandible. |
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http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/374724.html
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| | The Temporomandibular Joint and the Muscles of Mastication |
| | This is a quadrangular muscle that covers the lateral aspect of the ramus and the coronoid process of the mandible. | | | Acting together, these muscles protrude the mandible and depress the chin. | | | The articular disc is more firmly bound to the mandible than to the temporal bone. |
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http://www.geocities.com/medinotes/tmpmanjt.htm
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| | Dr. Fred Schudy: The Translation of the Mandible |
| | The mandible does not "self rotate" but is forced to rotate by opposing growth increments. | | | They state, "Although measurements of condylar and fossa changes are difficult to perform with any degree of accuracy, the method of Creekmore makes it possible to overcome this problem. | | | The authors state, "Chin position changes during and after Herbst treatment are a mirror image of effective condylar growth, provided no autorotation occurs." Yes, this is a correct observation!! |
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http://www.vsbw.com/~schudyf/art41.html
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| | The Tabun C2 Mandible - Nathan Holton - Chp 5-6 |
| | The mosaic morphology of this specimen as well as the geographic location from which it was discovered makes an accurate assessment critical to understanding the relationship between modern humans and Neandertals and provides insight regarding the existence of biological boundaries separating these two groups. | | | There is a distinction between Neandertals and modern humans although the Tabun C1 mandible falls within the modern human cluster. | | | The relationship between the M3-posterior ramus and lateral prominence-posterior ramus also clearly places the Tabun C2 mandible with Neandertals. |
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http://online.sfsu.edu/~mgriffin/Holton6.htm
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| | eMedicine - Dislocations, Mandible : Article by Edward Newton, MD |
| | Combining single doses of a benzodiazepine and opiate usually sedates the patient and relaxes masseter spasm sufficiently to allow manipulation of the mandible. | | | This technique is preferable when deep conscious sedation precludes having the patient sit up. | | | Associated injuries, such as cervical spine injury, take precedence over treatment of the mandible dislocation. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic147.htm
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| | Journal of Paleontology: mandible of the primitive tetrapod Greerepeton, and the early evolution of the tetrapod lower ... |
| | The mandible is thus increasingly being recognized as an important source of characters for deciphering the early history of tetrapods (Clack, 1988; Ahlberg, 1991; Ahlberg et al., 1994; Ahlberg and Clack, 1998). | | | The best cranial material had been prepared to varying degrees, some extensively, before we began our study. | | | THE MANDIBLE of osteolepiform fish and primitive tetrapods is a morphologically complex structure composed of numerous bones, both endochondral and dermal. |
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3790/is_200109/ai_n9003406
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| | Mandible |
| | The body is transverse, connected to the mandibular body on the other side by the mentum. | | | Vascular assessment - the presence of injury – surgical, radiation or otherwise - to the vascular system of the head and neck or donor area will often dictate the choice of flap and design. | | | The ramus is vertically placed and carries the condylar process and the coronoid process. |
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http://www.microsurgeon.org/mandible_reconstruction.htm
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| | The Piltdown Mandible and Cranium |
| | On such morphological grounds, therefore, it would seem highly improbable that the gracile mandible found with the Piltdown cranium bones belonged to the same individual. | | | The difference in massiveness between the Piltdown mandible and the Piltdown cranial bones being so great, it is suggested that on these grounds alone the mandible most probably does not belong with the cranium. | | | Pathological and genetic disorders affecting the mandible (micrognathia) alone do occur, but they are extremely rare and, in any event, in no way resemble the condition seen in the Piltdown jaw. |
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http://www.clarku.edu/~piltdown/map_expose/pilt_mand_cran.html
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| | Dept of Anth: Mandible Page |
| | The superior margin of each ramus possesses both a Mandibular Condyle or Head, for articulaltion with the temporal bone at the tempro-mandibular joint, and the Coronoid Process, for the attachement of the temporalis muscle (one in the set of primary muscles used in mastication). | | | The mandible touches, or articulates with, the following bones: | | | The junction of the ramus and the body occurs at the Gonial Angle where externally one of the masseter muscles is attatched. |
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http://www.csuchico.edu/anth/Module/mandible.html
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| | Me and Miss Mandible Essays - Me and Miss Mandible - The Narrator |
| | How "Me and Miss Mandible" differs, in its narrative structure and character development, from works by O'Connor, Chopin, and Gordimer is perhaps the more pertinent issue when we discuss our responses to the story and its narrator. | | | A pronounced feeling of uneasiness seems to mark our reception of Barthelme, a range of anxiety expressed mainly in our responses to the story's narrator. | | | However, in establishing such gauges we retard our entrance into the "fantastic," reducing the elements of Barthelme's fiction to mere "realist" side effect: by-products of a normative writing model. |
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http://www.123helpme.com/preview.asp?id=15420
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec. 9, Ch. 107, Dental Emergencies |
| | The longer the mandible is dislocated, the more difficult it is to reduce and the greater the likelihood of its becoming a chronic problem. | | | For leverage, the patient's head should be stabilized. | | | The jaw may be stabilized with a Barton's bandage to maintain the mandible in position. |
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http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section9/chapter107/107f.jsp
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| | Measurement of the distortion of the human mandible in function |
| | Methods: The development of a sensitive intra oral transducer capable of being accurately connected between 2 implants in the human subject was fundamental to this study. | | | Measurement of the distortion of the human mandible in function | | | 0187 Measurement of the distortion of the human mandible in function |
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http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/bsdr04/techprogram/abstract_49218.htm
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| | * Mandible - (Disease): Definition |
| | It is a long bone that includes your chin and angles up toward your ear on both sides of your face. | | | On the anterior gingivae, usually of the mandible, a similar condition may be found at the mucogingival line. | | | A type of arthritis marked by chronic degeneration of the cartilage of the joints, leading to pain and sometimes loss of function... |
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http://www.bestknows.com/disease/mandible.html
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| | LOWER JAW (MANDIBLE) |
| | The lower jaw has its own separate bone which is called âthe mandibleâ, which is U-shaped and stretches from one ear, down to the chin area and then back up again to the other ear. | | | is the flatter, straighter part on the sides of the lower jaw which joins the body of the mandible to the coronoid processes and the condyles. | | | There is one on each side of the mandible. |
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http://www.3dmouth.org/4/4_2_1.cfm
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| | Fracture of the Mandible - PetPlace.com |
| | Some fractures of the mandible can be managed without surgery by placing a muzzle on the cat’s snout, while some require anesthesia and surgical stabilization of the bone fragments for the best results. | | | Fractures of the mandible (lower jaw) are usually the result of major trauma, especially to the head, but can be caused by disease of the bone itself, dental disease, or sometimes by the veterinarian during extraction of diseased teeth. | | | Since most mandibular fractures are trauma related, emergency care for concurrent problems caused by the trauma is often performed before mandibular fracture repair. |
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http://www.petplace.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=682
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| | mandible fractures in children sports jaw injuries youth teeth |
| | Wendy Gottlieb, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia. | | | mandible is the most frequently fractured facial bone in the pediatric patient. | | | A fracture of the body of the mandible may affect the inferior alveolar nerve |
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http://www.wipss.com/Med_ChildrenJawFracture.htm
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| | III. Syndesmology. 5d. Articulation of the Mandible. Gray, Henry. 1918. Anatomy of the Human Body. |
| | One condyle advances and rotates, the other condyle recedes and rotates, in alternate succession. | | | This ligament separates the parotid from the submaxillary gland, and from its deep surface some fibers of the Styloglossus take origin. | | | The mandible is depressed by its own weight, assisted by the Platysma, the Digastricus, the Mylohyoideus, and the Geniohyoideus. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/107/75.html
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| | The Tabun C2 Mandible - Nathan Holton |
| | Given the geographic location of the Tabun C2 mandible, an understanding of its morphology is important to help determine the relationship between modern humans and Neandertals. | | | Second, the size and shape of the mandibular ramus is examined by means of log size-and-shape and log shape principle component analysis as well as cluster analysis. | | | First, the nature of the retromolar space is examined by comparing the morphology of the modern humans and Neandertal retromolar space. |
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http://online.sfsu.edu/~mgriffin/Holton1.htm
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| | eMedicine - Fractures, Mandible : Article by Thomas Widell, MD |
| | *Palpate mandible for tenderness, swelling, and step-off along its symphysis, body, angle, and coronoid process anterior to the ear canal. | | | A stable nondisplaced fracture in an edentulous patient may be splinted with his or her denture and the patient restricted to a diet of soft food. | | | Portions of the exam specific to the mandible are marked with an asterisk (*). |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic201.htm
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| | Organ: Mandible - CureResearch.com |
| | Diseases list: The following list of medical conditions have 'Mandible' or similar listed as an affected body part in our database: | | | Use of this site is subject to our TERMS OF USE. | | | Mandible: The bone that makes up the jaw |
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http://www.cureresearch.com/organ/mandible.htm
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| | Human Ancestors Hall: The Peninj Mandible |
| | This buttress is a structural adaptation to help the jaw withstand the pressure applied to it by the powerful chewing muscles. | | | Note as well the buttressing of the jaw, visible in the bottom photograph as a thickening of the bone at the molars where the ascending ramus converges with the corpus of the mandible (if you need help with these terms go to the skull lesson). | | | The Peninj mandible is a nearly complete lower jaw from a male Paranthropus boisei. |
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http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/ha/penj.html
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| | Ectopic salivary gland tissue in the anterior mandible: a case report |
| | In our discussion we emphasise the need for a thorough history, examination and relevant investigations. | | | Mandibular radiolucencies can prove a pitfall for the unwary. | | | Cases affecting the anterior mandible are even more unusual. |
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http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/bdj/journal/v193/n10/full/4801629a.html
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| | Angle of the Mandible |
| | Complete product literature and an illustrated surgical guide are available from Porex Surgical. | | | The Matrix System includes three (3) anatomical segments: extended chin designs, geniomandibular groove and mandibular angle implants. | | | They provide a tri-dimensional restoration and/or enhancement of the volume for the chin, mid mandible and the gonial angle. |
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http://www.porexsurgical.com/english/surgical/sprodmandrz.asp
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| | Megachile |
| | Metasomal sterna with white hair fasciae absent or broadly interrupted medially…11 | | | Mandible four or five-toothed, but if four-toothed, then upper tooth rounded, truncate, or incised (sometimes only minutely) and thus approaching the five-toothed condition…. | | | Mandible more robust, apical tooth more protuberant, much broader than other teeth; gena usually broader than eye in lateral view. |
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http://chiron.valdosta.edu/jbpascar/floridabees/megachile.htm
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| | Mandible - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The mandible articulates with the two temporal bones at the temporomandibular joints. | | | In the posterior two-thirds of the bone the canal is situated nearer the internal surface of the mandible; and in the anterior third, nearer its external surface. | | | The foregoing description of the ossification of the mandible is based on the researches of Low 44 and Fawcett, 45 and differs somewhat from that usually given. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandible
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| | Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center |
| | Discontinuity of inferior cortex associated with soft tissue swelling is seen involving the body of mandible (arrowhead). | | | PA and lateral view of the neck showed multiple ill-defined lytic and sclerotic areas involving body and ramus of the left mandible. | | | PA and lateral views of the neck show multiple ill-defined lytic areas seen in the body as well as ramus of the left mandible. |
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http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/Rad/neurocases/Neurocase75.htm
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| | Mandible Reconstruction Project |
| | Using the case of a 73 year old female who has experienced severe bilateral bone loss in the mandible, materials scientists, engineers, medical 3D artists, computer-aided designers, and the patient's attending physician created a workflow by which a synthetic ceramic scaffold was designed, and fabricated specifically for this patient. | | | From a clinical perspective this is an even less attractive option which increases the complication rates associated with autografting and adds the risk of disease transmission to the procedure. | | | Consequently we have designed the scaffold for this application to exceed the strength of the natural bone it replaces. |
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http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/technology/reconstruction
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| | TMJ |
| | Stress - causes overactivity of the muscles of mastication, which results in a clenching or gnashing of the mandible (buxism). | | | The two temporomandibular joints consisting of soft tissues such as joint capsules, masticatory muscles, and ligaments connect the mandible to the skull which is cushioned by an articular disk. | | | Trauma - causes muscle guarding due to the pain-spasm cycle, which increases the pull of the lateral pterygoid muscle on the disc, resulting in a stretching of the posterior and lateral collateral ligaments. |
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http://www.appstate.edu/~clarkhm/neuropages/tmj.html
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| | Temporal Mandible Joint Syndrom (TMJ) |
| | Some of the symptoms are ringing in the ears (tinnitus), nausea and dizziness, severe headache, loss of hearing, tooth, jaw, cheek or even shoulder pain. | | | You can feel an opening changing shape as you wiggle your jaw. | | | is the poor alignment of the temporal bone and the mandible. |
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http://members.cox.net/roinc2/ecc/details/tmj.html
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| | Human/Hominid Mandible Piece |
| | The piece is considerably larger than a mandible corner from one of us of course; it indicates that humans or some near relative were far larger than ourselves, or at least some of them were. | | | The only known sort of bone which turns a corner like that would be a hominid mandible piece. | | | All of these petrified bone pieces are brittle. |
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http://www.enigmas.org/aef/lib/paleo/mandible.shtml
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| | Dental Implant in Mandible, Cut-away View - Medical Illustration |
| | Nucleus Medical Art creates and/or licenses medical products including medical illustrations, medical animations, medical drawings, medical pictures, medical graphics, medical posters, anatomical models, and interactive presentations for use in publishing, pharmaceutical and medical device marketing, patient education, patient informed consent programs, hospital safety awareness, sales training, merchandising, and other uses. | | | Dental Implant in Mandible, Cut-away View - Medical Illustration |
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http://catalog.nucleusinc.com/generateexhibit.php?ID=2523
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| | Critical Size Defect in the dog's mandible |
| | The purpose of this investigation was to determine the critical size defect in the dog mandible model. | | | In a review of the current literature, no reports are available on the critical size defect of the dog mandible. | | | Conclusions: The critical size defect in the dog mandible model is 40 mm when the periosteum is preserved and 15 mm when the periosteum is removed. |
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http://iadr.confex.com/iadr/2004Hawaii/techprogram/abstract_39378.htm
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| | Me and Miss Mandible |
| | Miss Mandible says she will take it up with the custodian. | | | There was nothing except her gradebook (the one in which I exist as a sixth grader) and a text, which was open at a page headed Making the Processes Meaningful. | | | Once I tiptoed up to Miss Mandible's desk (when there was no one else in the room) and examined its surface. |
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http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/barthelme-mandible.html
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| | FRACTURES OF THE MANDIBLE AND MAXILLA |
| | nasal bones, followed by the mandible, are the most | | | Figure 6-8.—Bandaging to immobilize both mandible and maxilla. | | | Pain when the mandible or maxilla is moved |
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http://www.tpub.com/content/medical/14274/css/14274_106.htm
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| | Dead Mike's Mandible Reconstruction - The Saga Continues |
| | The remaining bone shards he left in there to provide a framework to generate more bone. | | | The oral surgeon in Quincy said he could only identify three pieces of my mandible, to which he screwed the external fixator to hold the pieces in place. | | | And so Dr. Helfrick exposes the mandible for all to see. |
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http://www.deadmike.com/Surgery/mandible2.html
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| | mandible |
| | There were some nice moments but overall we have been much stronger. | | | Our set consisted of a 30 minute version of our song "Shield-Eater." The original can be found on the upcoming ART NADA release and clocks in at a mere 4 minutes (if even that). | | | Interesting notes: Someone stole the jesus statue before the show so Bone Krusher had to regulate; Spence accidentally unplugged himself during his solo in "Porcupine," so the song turned into the extended dance mix until he could figure out what happened; John did not show us the bracelet; Bone Krusher forgot the bibles. |
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http://www.webspawner.com/users/mandible
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| | Florida Entomologist, v. 82, n. 1, p. 7 |
| | The mandibles of A. emersoni are narrower, straighter, and proportionally longer than those of A. amicki, while the marginal teeth on the mandibles of A. silvestrianus are set more basally than those of A. beaumonti. | | | Apical tibial spurs 2:2:2 with numerous stout setae located above apical spines. | | | The mandible curvature ratio is similar to the minimum mandible curvature index II as used by Light (1930) for Amitermes; however, the former is measured to the outer margin of the right mandible and therefore provides a more accurate representation of mandible curvature. |
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http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe82p7.htm
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