Articles: mandibular-fractures.
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J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. · Sep 2012
Does traumatic brain injury result in accelerated mandibular fracture healing?
To investigate the occurrence of accelerated bone healing evidenced by early callus formation in patients with mandibular fractures and traumatic brain injury (TBI). ⋯ These findings suggest that patients with severe TBI and mandibular fractures exhibit increased fracture healing as evidenced by early callus formation. A more exhaustive study is required to advance the understanding of this phenomenon and provide additional clinical significance.
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Case Reports
Conservative treatment of comminuted mandibular fracture involving maxillomandibular fixation with miniplates.
Bars and steel wires are the most commonly used methods to achieve maxillomandibular fixation, although there are numerous alternatives described for this same purpose. In cases of edentulous candidates for the conservative treatment of facial fractures, none of the conventional methods can be instituted for maxillomandibular fixation. Fixation in such cases is achieved with the aid of the total dentures of the patient or the confection of splints, but these methods lead to eating and oral hygiene problems. This article reports the case of an edentulous patient with a comminuted mandible fracture treated with a rarely described technique in which intermaxillary fixation was achieved with titanium miniplates.