Jaw Diseases
'Jaw diseases' is a broad term referring to various medical conditions affecting the temporomandibular joint, jawbones, or the surrounding muscles, including but not limited to dental disorders, jaw fractures, tumors, infections, and developmental abnormalities.
Jaw
Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.
Jaw Neoplasms
Jaw Abnormalities
Congenital absence of or defects in structures of the jaw.
Bisphosphonate-Associated Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
Masticatory Muscles
Muscles arising in the zygomatic arch that close the jaw. Their nerve supply is masseteric from the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
Jaw, Edentulous
The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY.
Jaw Cysts
Saccular lesions lined with epithelium and contained within pathologically formed cavities in the jaw; also nonepithelial cysts (pseudocysts) as they apply to the jaw, e.g., traumatic or solitary cyst, static bone cavity, and aneurysmal bone cyst. True jaw cysts are classified as odontogenic or nonodontogenic.
Mandible
The largest and strongest bone of the FACE constituting the lower jaw. It supports the lower teeth.
Jaw, Edentulous, Partially
Absence of teeth from a portion of the mandible and/or maxilla.
Bite Force
The force applied by the masticatory muscles in dental occlusion.