Minerva stomatologica
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Minerva stomatologica · Apr 2004
ReviewMaxillary post-traumatic outcome correction literature review and our experience. Part I: maxillary bone non-unions-"poor bone positioning".
Still today, there is no classification of non-unions in maxillofacial traumatology. There is a broad spectrum of definitions that simultaneously describe the pathological conditions and functional implications determined by the anatomical location of the fractures and the time factor. In this article the authors describe a literature review about bone non-union classification. ⋯ The authors also talk about "poor bone positioning". This factor describes the incorrect anatomical position of the bone fragments despite perfectly normal healing according to Gruss. In this article they also discuss about the treatment of non-unions and the treatment of occlusal alterations caused by poor post-traumatic bone positioning.