顎口腔外科、顔面口腔外科

English translation: oral surgery, maxillofacial surgery

12:02 Feb 5, 2010
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Dentistry
Japanese term or phrase: 顎口腔外科、顔面口腔外科
In JE dictionaries and websites, I see both terms translated as “oral and maxillofacial surgery,” but I need to make a separate translation for each term since they are juxtaposed in a list of departments of a particular hospital. From the kanji, it looks like the 顎 is the “maxillo” and “顔面” is the “facial” of “maxillofacial. “ But there is no such thing as “maxillo surgery.” (Orthognathic surgery appears to be something a little different, and it doesn’t yield any Google hits together with 顎口腔外科.)
Eric Larson
United States
Local time: 17:39
English translation:oral surgery, maxillofacial surgery
Explanation:
Oral surgery and Maxillofacial surgery---in agreement with the standard term "oral and maxillofacial surgery", which consists of two separate types of surgeries: oral surgery (顎口腔外科) ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Surgery") [n.b., oral surgery includes corrective jaw surgery, thus precluding the necessity of translating "顎"] and maxillofacial surgery (顔面口腔外科) (http://www.facesurgeon.com/index2.html), which focuses on reconstruction of the maxillary and facial regions. The two are often referred as one for their involvement in the maxillary (jaw or jaw-bone) region; the former is more exclusive to dental/jaw bone surgery.
Selected response from:

AJL MedCom (X)
Canada
Local time: 04:39
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5oral surgery, maxillofacial surgery
AJL MedCom (X)
4oromaxillary surgery, orofacial surgery
Jason Kang
1stomatognathic surgery, maxillofacial surgery
cinefil


  

Answers


51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
stomatognathic surgery, maxillofacial surgery


Explanation:
just a guess

cinefil
Japan
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
oromaxillary surgery, orofacial surgery


Explanation:
Like you said, the official title of this field is 'oral and maxillofacial surgery'. But if they devide in the same hospital, they seem to take on separate jobs in the department of oral surgery.

In this case, the title of the subspeciality could be rather arbitrary. That is, they could be 'oromaxillary surgery/orofacial surgery' or 'oral & maxillary surgery, oral & facial surgery' or any other combinations.

I would suggest 'oromaxillary surgery/orofacial surgery', but you can discuss with the client.

Jason Kang
Canada
Local time: 01:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in KoreanKorean
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
oral surgery, maxillofacial surgery


Explanation:
Oral surgery and Maxillofacial surgery---in agreement with the standard term "oral and maxillofacial surgery", which consists of two separate types of surgeries: oral surgery (顎口腔外科) ("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_Surgery") [n.b., oral surgery includes corrective jaw surgery, thus precluding the necessity of translating "顎"] and maxillofacial surgery (顔面口腔外科) (http://www.facesurgeon.com/index2.html), which focuses on reconstruction of the maxillary and facial regions. The two are often referred as one for their involvement in the maxillary (jaw or jaw-bone) region; the former is more exclusive to dental/jaw bone surgery.

AJL MedCom (X)
Canada
Local time: 04:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search