Definition of "maxillofacial" [maxillofacial]

• Relating to or involving the maxilla and the face: a maxillofacial prosthesis. (adjective)

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• "Maxillo-facial technicians (sometimes also known as maxillofacial prosthetists) work is based in hospital oral surgery, ophthalmic, cancer and burns units, helping to reconstruct the faces of patients damaged by accident or disease"
• "The Division's main focus of dentistry for children is complemented by our oral surgery staff, who perform simple as well as complex oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures."
• "I am an oral/maxillofacial surgeon in solo private practice."