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Abstract
Loss of the MAXILLA bone mass and/or height due to natural edentulous maxilla (JAW, EDENTULOUS) or previous dental extractions. It may require a reconstruction via BONE TRANSPLANTATION and/or ALVEOLOPLASTY prior to a DENTAL IMPLANTATION.
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- Atrophic Edentulous Maxilla
- Maxillary Atrophy
- Atrophic Edentulous Maxillas
- Atrophy, Maxillary
- Edentulous Maxilla, Atrophic
- Maxilla, Atrophic
- Maxilla, Atrophic Edentulous
- Maxillary Atrophies
- Atrophic Upper Jaw
- Atrophic Upper Jaws
- Jaw, Atrophic Upper
- Upper Jaw, Atrophic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2025
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- Maxillary Diseases (1976-2024)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Atrophic Maxilla. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099066. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099066
- Atrophic Maxilla. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131436631