| advancement | Surgical procedure in which a ligamentous or partially tendinous insertion or a skin flap is partially severed or released from its attachment and sutured to a more distal point. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| advancement flap | A rectangular flap raised in an elastic area, with its free end adjacent to a defect; the defect is covered by stretching the flap longitudinally until the end comes over it. Synonym: advancement flap, French flap. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capsular advancement | The surgical reattachment of the anterior portion of Tenon's capsule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mandibular advancement | Moving a retruded mandible forward to a normal position. It is commonly performed for malocclusion and retrognathia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| tendon advancement | The excision of the tendon of an eye muscle and attachment of it to a more anterior location on the globe. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial | Relating to both the face and the cranium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial abnormalities | Congenital structural deformities, malformations, or other abnormalities of the cranium and facial bones. (12 Dec 1998) |
| craniofacial angle | The angle formed by the basifacial and basicranial axes at the midpoint of the sphenoethmoidal suture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial appliance | A device used to immobilise and/or reduce mandibular or midfacial fractures. See: fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial axis | A straight line passing through the mesethmoid, presphenoid, basisphenoid, and basioccipital bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial dysjunction fracture | A complex fracture in which the facial bones are separated from the cranial bones. Synonym: Le Fort III craniofacial dysjunction, Le Fort III fracture, transverse facial fracture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial dysostosis | <paediatrics> A genetic disorder (autosomal dominant) characterised by abnormalities of the cranial sutures, widening of the skull, a high forehead, ocular hypertelorism, exophthalmos, beaked nose and hypoplasia of the maxilla Inheritance: autosomal dominant. (27 Sep 1997) |
| craniofacial fixation | Stabilization of facial fractures to the cranial base by direct wiring or by external skeletal pin fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial notch | A defect in the osseous partition between the orbital and nasal cavities. (05 Mar 2000) |
| craniofacial surgery | Simultaneous surgery on the cranium and facial bones. (05 Mar 2000) |