subANS region

English translation: area below the anterior nasal spine

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English term or phrase:subANS region
Selected answer:area below the anterior nasal spine
Entered by: Domagoj

16:21 Nov 13, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
English term or phrase: subANS region
Facial surface maxillary/mandibular alveolar ridge mesial to 1st molar, maxillary subANS region, mandibular symphysis.

What does "subANS" stand for?

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Domagoj
Local time: 07:13
area below the anterior nasal spine
Explanation:
ANS = anterior nasal spine

See here, about halfway down the page:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/ortho/ass-ceph.htm

This shows you where it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_nasal_spine

"After initial alignment of anterior teeth, a mini-implant was placed below the anterior nasal spine"
http://orthocj.com/2009/01/correction-of-deep-overbite-with-...

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Here's another page where the same abbreviation is used (see foot of page):
http://dental-bio-ray.com/index1.html
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 07:13
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4 +1area below the anterior nasal spine
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subans region
area below the anterior nasal spine


Explanation:
ANS = anterior nasal spine

See here, about halfway down the page:
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/dental/ortho/ass-ceph.htm

This shows you where it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior_nasal_spine

"After initial alignment of anterior teeth, a mini-implant was placed below the anterior nasal spine"
http://orthocj.com/2009/01/correction-of-deep-overbite-with-...

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Note added at 40 mins (2014-11-13 17:02:35 GMT)
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Here's another page where the same abbreviation is used (see foot of page):
http://dental-bio-ray.com/index1.html

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 07:13
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Veronika McLaren
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