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The maxilla also frequently sustains fractures from blunt trauma to the face. which structures support and house the upper teeth in this bone

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During a facial trauma due to facial injuries is generally sustained by maxillary bone. Maxilla is a combination of two bones and forms the upper jawbones. It supports the upper teeth while the mandible supports the lower teeth. Direct facial injury may cause maxillary injuries. The zygomatic bone protects the cheekbone and lies between orbital bone and maxilla.
The facial skeleton protects the facial bones and house the sense organs. The facial bone is complex MAXILLA house the upper teeth in the facial bone. It is thickened in an inferior concavity.
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