Biomaterial Database

The Ulster hook for intermaxillary fixation. 2011

Peter Ramsay-Baggs

Northern Ireland Regional Maxillofacial Service, The Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, County Down, N Ireland, UK. maxillofacialuk@hotmail.com

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008337	Mandibular Fractures	Fractures of the lower jaw.	Fracture, Mandibular,Fractures, Mandibular,Mandibular Fracture
D001864	Bone Wires	Steel wires, often threaded through the skin, soft tissues, and bone, used to fix broken bones. Kirschner wires or apparatus also includes the application of traction to the healing bones through the wires.	Kirschner Wire,Kirschner Wires,Bone Wire,Wire, Bone,Wire, Kirschner,Wires, Bone,Wires, Kirschner
D004867	Equipment Design	Methods and patterns of fabricating machines and related hardware.	Design, Equipment,Device Design,Medical Device Design,Design, Medical Device,Designs, Medical Device,Device Design, Medical,Device Designs, Medical,Medical Device Designs,Design, Device,Designs, Device,Designs, Equipment,Device Designs,Equipment Designs
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013499	Surface Properties	Characteristics or attributes of the outer boundaries of objects, including molecules.	Properties, Surface,Property, Surface,Surface Property
D019248	Jaw Fixation Techniques	The stable placement of surgically induced fractures of the mandible or maxilla through the use of elastics, wire ligatures, arch bars, or other splints. It is used often in the cosmetic surgery of retrognathism and prognathism. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p636)	Maxillomandibular Fixation,Jaw Fixation Technics,Fixation Technic, Jaw,Fixation Technics, Jaw,Fixation Technique, Jaw,Fixation Techniques, Jaw,Fixation, Maxillomandibular,Fixations, Maxillomandibular,Jaw Fixation Technic,Jaw Fixation Technique,Maxillomandibular Fixations,Technic, Jaw Fixation,Technics, Jaw Fixation,Technique, Jaw Fixation,Techniques, Jaw Fixation
D020724	Elastomers	A generic term for all substances having the properties of stretching under tension, high tensile strength, retracting rapidly, and recovering their original dimensions fully. They are generally POLYMERS.	Synthetic Rubber,Elastomer,Rubber, Synthetic,Rubbers, Synthetic,Synthetic Rubbers