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The structural components of the face<br />

The cranial base, the skeletal mandible, the skeletal maxilla<br />

and nasomaxillary complex constitute the basal bone<br />

(skeletal) of the upper and lower jaws<br />

The functional components of the face<br />

The maxillary & mandibular teeth and alveolar<br />

process are functional units (dento-alveolar),<br />

which are somehow independent in respect to<br />

the maxilla & mandible basal bone<br />

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