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  2. Lip reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    Lip reconstruction may be required after trauma or surgical excision. The lips are considered the beginning of the oral cavity and are the most common site of oral cancer. Any reconstruction of the lips must include both functional and cosmetic considerations. The lips are necessary for speech, facial expression, and eating.

  3. Actinic cheilitis - Wikipedia

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    To prevent AC from developing, protective measures could be undertaken such as avoiding mid-day sun, [2] or use of a broad-brimmed hat, [2] lip balm with anti UVA and UVB ingredients (e.g. para-aminobenzoic acid), [7] or sun blocking agents (e.g. zinc oxide, titanium oxide) [7] prior to sun exposure.

  4. Oral cancer - Wikipedia

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    It is the eleventh-most-common cancer in the United States among males while in Canada and Mexico it is the twelfth and thirteenth-most-common cancer respectively. The ASIR for lip and oral cavity cancer among men in Canada and Mexico is 4.2 and 3.1, respectively. [71] Of all the cancers, oral cancer attributes to 3% in males, opposed to 2% in ...

  5. Cheiloplasty - Wikipedia

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    Cheiloplasty or surgical lip restoration (from Greek: χείλος kheilos – "lip") is the technical term for surgery of the lip usually performed by a plastic surgeon or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.

  6. Oral and maxillofacial surgery - Wikipedia

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    Oral and maxillofacial surgery requires an extensive 4-6 year surgical residency training covering the U.S. specialty's scope of practice: surgery of the oral cavity, dental implant surgery, dentoalveolar surgery, surgery of the temporomandibular joint, general surgery, reconstructive surgery of the face, head and neck, mouth, and jaws, facial ...

  7. More Americans are getting lip surgery - AOL

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    More than 27,000 Americans had lip implant surgery in 2015, a 48 percent increase from 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

  8. Vermilion border - Wikipedia

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    The skin of the face is thicker than the skin overlying the lips where blood vessels are closer to the surface. As a consequence, the margin of the lips shows a transition between the thicker and thinner skin, represented by the vermilion border. It therefore has the appearance of a sharp line between the coloured edge of the lip and adjoining ...

  9. Head and neck cancer - Wikipedia

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    Head and neck cancer is a general term encompassing multiple cancers that can develop in the head and neck region. These include cancers of the mouth, tongue, gums and lips (oral cancer), voice box (), throat (nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, [1] hypopharyngeal), salivary glands, nose and sinuses.