What's the difference between lacinia and maxilla?
Lacinia
Definition:
(n.) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers.
(n.) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf.
(n.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillae of insects.
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Maxilla
Definition:
(n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
(n.) The bone, or principal bone, of the upper jaw, the bone of the lower jaw being the mandible.
(n.) One of the lower or outer jaws of arthropods.
Example Sentences:
(1) Retrognathia or retrusion of the maxilla and mid-face is present in about one-third of treated cleft palate patients.
(2) A small number of individuals operated during adolescence had also a shorter depth of the maxilla similarly as patients operated upon during early childhood.
(3) Eight macerated human child skulls with a dental age of approximately 9.5 years (mixed dentition) were consecutively subjected to an experimental standardized high-pull headgear traction system attached to the maxilla at the first permanent molar area via an immovable acrylic resin splint covering all teeth.
(4) It was smaller than that reported for patients who had received stabilization of the maxilla with intraosseous and maxillomandibular wiring.
(5) The author has proved by the examination of the lateral x-ray images of hundred patients with progenia that with 64% of the patients the front part of the maxilla alveolaris extension was mildly retarded in growth.
(6) Periodontal pockets were more frequently observed in maxillae than mandibles.
(7) In Paper V, group A, the fixture-supported prostheses were installed in the maxilla and occluded with tooth-supported fixed partial dentures whereas in group B, the arrangements were analogous to those in Papers I-IV.
(8) One type of antral mucocele, commonly seen in Japan, is referred to as a postoperative maxillary cyst and is identical to the surgical ciliated cyst of the maxilla originally reported by Gregory and Shafer.
(9) Measurements of the cranial base angle and the prognathism of the maxilla and the mandible were performed on radiographs of cranial midsagittal tissue blocks of 52 fetuses with a gestational age from 13 to 27 weeks.
(10) The immobilization successfully constrained the anteroinferior displacement of the maxilla and zygomatic bone on the fused side.
(11) The edentulous posterior maxilla often has inadequate bone for endosteal implants.
(12) The three cases presented in this paper all had different orthodontic and surgical treatment approaches according to the individual involvement of the nose, maxillae, mouth and other facial features.
(13) The authors categorized the height, width, and anteroposterior dimensions of the edentulous maxillae.
(14) A rare case of angiosarcoma of the maxilla is presented.
(15) But we can say that a maldevelopment of the maxilla may be expected to occur in the case of any surgery performed.
(16) The majority of maxillae were moved in more than one plane of space.
(17) We present a case of melanotic neuroectodermal tumor in the maxilla that followed an aggressively malignant course.
(18) Secondary bone grafting of the maxilla in the mixed transitional dentition stage has become a well-accepted procedure in the surgical protocol for rehabilitation of patients with residual alveolar clefts.
(19) An NSAr or NSBa angle higher than the mean value plus one standard deviation, it is associated with of the maxilla retrognathism and contrariwise.
(20) Supplemental teeth usually occur in the maxilla and occasionally in the mandible, generally involving the permanent lateral incisors.