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MeSH Heading: Surgery, Oral
Tree Number(s): E06.892; H02.163.876.886
Unique ID: D013515
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013515
Annotation: specialty of surgical therapy of diseases, injuries & defects of soft tissue of mouth & jaws; do not confuse with DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE: to restore tooth function; cranio-maxillo-facial surgery does not go here; use instead SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; see also note at ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES
Scope Note: A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region.
Entry Version: SURG ORAL
Entry Term(s): Exodontics; Maxillofacial Surgery; Oral Surgery; Surgery, Maxillofacial
NLM Classification #: WU 21
See Also: Dentistry, Operative; Oral Surgical Procedures
Public MeSH Note: EXODONTICS was see TOOTH EXTRACTION 1965-97; was EXODONTIA see TEETH EXTRACTION 1963-64
History Note: EXODONTICS was see TOOTH EXTRACTION 1965-97; was EXODONTIA see TEETH EXTRACTION 1963-64
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/29

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Concept UI: M0020875
Scope Note: A dental specialty concerned with the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disease, injuries, and defects of the human oral and maxillofacial region.
Terms: Surgery, Oral Preferred Term
Term UI T039704
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Oral Surgery
Term UI T039703
Date01/01/1986
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Maxillofacial Surgery
Term UI T039705
Date09/20/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Surgery, Maxillofacial
Term UI T039706
Date09/20/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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