Sentences with phrase «upper jaw bone»

Dr. Lisa Fink, our board - certified oral surgeon, and Dr. Oliver Morgan, our board - certified surgeon, together performed a partial maxillectomy removing a portion of the left upper jaw bone.

Beyond tooth loss, however, severe periodontal disease can lead to pathological fractures of the lower jaw bones, and / or erosion of the ventral part of the nasal sinsus leading to an infection that spans the maxilla (upper jaw bone) and nasal sinsus, called an oronasal fistula.

ALL TEETH While researchers have only the dinosaur's upper jaw bone and some teeth, this reconstruction takes a stab at a portrait of Matheronodon provincialis, a new species.

Not exact matches

«Scientists say they have replaced a 65 - year - old patient's upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.»

Premaxillae are the small bones at the tip of the upper jaw of most animals, but are enlarged and fused to form the beak of birds.

The word anam means lake in a Kenyan dialect; the fossils — including some teeth, parts of the upper and lower jaws, an arm bone, and these two pieces of a shinbone — were found near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya.

Mead unearthed the beak portion of the skull, 2.6 feet long and 1.8 feet wide, specifically the maxillae and premaxillae, the bones that form the upper jaw and palate.

Comparing volume and activity of the cells that break down bone density in the upper and lower jaw bones of Medaka fish after 56 days spent aboard the International Space Station with those on the ground.

The discovery of this fossil evidence, which consists of bones from the upper and lower jaws, suggests that our family tree has more branches than previously believed and is far from linear.

If you've seen a jaw bone (mandible) or the upper bone that holds teeth (maxilla), you noticed sockets in the bone.

If allowed to progress without treatment, the infection can travel through the bone of the upper jaw and break out as an abscess either on the gums over the tooth, or on the skin under the eye.

Oral Osteosarcoma — Oral osteosarcoma is a malignant cancer of the bone, and, when found in dogs and cats can affect the bones of the skull, including the mandible and the maxilla (the lower and upper jaws).