OBJECTIVE To determine the usefulness of resorbable plating systems in load-bearing applications of the mandible and the location of critical failure. METHODS An osteotomy was created in 24 fresh cadaveric mandibles at the angle and fixated by the Champy technique with similar resorbable craniofacial plating systems from 4 manufacturers. Each mandible was held rigid as a material test system ...

PURPOSE A review of the literature shows a difference of opinion regarding whether open or closed reduction of condylar fractures produces the best results. It would be beneficial, therefore, to critically analyze past studies that have directly compared the 2 methods in an attempt to answer this question. MATERIALS AND METHODS A Medline search for articles using the key words "mandibular con...

PURPOSE This study compared the occlusal relationships after open or closed treatment for fractures of the mandibular condylar process. PATIENTS AND METHODS A total of 137 patients with unilateral fractures of the mandibular condylar process (neck or subcondylar), 77 treated closed and 65 treated open, were included in this study. Standardized occlusal photographs obtained at several postsurg...

The aim of the study was to investigate post management complications of the fracture of mandible at the angle. Age and sex distribution was also studied. 750 patients who suffered maxillofacial trauma were seen during the period 1991-97 at Khyber College of Dentistry, Peshawar. 546 had mandibular fractures, 125 of these showed fracture at the angle. 20 (16%) suffered from some kind of complica...

The authors describe the case of a 51-year-old woman with an osteonecrosis of her right femoral head after treatment of an atypical subtrochanteric fracture caused by pycnodysostosis. She had this fracture after a low-trauma fall. She was of short stature with typical facial features, short stubby hands, and radiological features including open cranial sutures, obtuse mandible, and generalized ...

The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of three dimensional (3D) stainless steel miniplates in anterior mandibular fractures and to compare the use of three dimensional (3D) miniplates with Champy‟s miniplates and assess the bone healing post-operatively in both and to evaluate the complications associated with the use of 3D miniplates.Total 20 Patients were selected for this prospect...