"Smiling" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A facial expression which may denote feelings of pleasure, affection, amusement, etc.
| Descriptor ID |
D012904
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.209.530.385.671
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Smiling" by people in Profiles.
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Dual Innervation of Free Functional Muscle Flaps in Facial Paralysis. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2021 Aug; 29(3):431-438.
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Novel outpatient approach to lower lip reanimation using a palmaris longus tendon sling. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Dec; 40(6):481-8.
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Facial Nerve Grading System 2.0. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Apr; 140(4):445-50.
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What's in a "smile?" Intra-operative observations of contralateral smiles induced by deep brain stimulation. Neurocase. 2004 Aug; 10(4):271-9.