title: Surgical diseases of the mandible. The principles of diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: Several unusual abnormalities are presented in this abstract of a lecture on surgical diseases of the mandible. The importance of physical signs in clinical dental surgery is emphasized. A protocol of treatment of mandibular condylar hyperplasia and masseteric hypertrophy is suggested.
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005096:Exostoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000601:surgery; D007249:Inflammation / Q000175:diagnosis; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000473:pathology; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D010027:Osteotomy