Diseases

Maxillofacial Injuries

General or unspecified injuries involving the face and jaw (either upper, lower, or both).

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

General or unspecified injuries involving the face and jaw (either upper, lower, or both).

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Injuries, Maxillofacial
  • Injury, Maxillofacial
  • Maxillofacial Injury

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

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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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; involving both a jaw and the face: not a substitute for MANDIBULAR INJURIES or MAXILLA /inj or FACIAL INJURIES or FACIAL BONES /inj

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NLM Classification

WU 610

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Maxillofacial Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008446. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008446
  2. Maxillofacial Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55082232