Category: Health
Created by: KBDean
Number of Blossarys: 1
1. Relating to orthognathia. 2. Having a face without projecting jaw, one with a gnathic index less than 98. 3. Having a normal relationship of the jaws.
A procedure designed for skeletal transverse widening of the basal maxilla, the palate, and the dental arch.
Inadequate growth in an anterior direction; usually seen in cleft palate and cleft lip; mandibular excess appearance.
Abnormal or inappropriate sensations in an organ, part, or area of the skin, as of burning, prickling, tingling, etc.
A medical research study in which the medical records of groups of individuals who are alike in many ways but differ by a certain characteristic are compared for a particular outcome.
The sum of the ages of all the persons in a group, divided by the total number of persons in that group.
Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the body.