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  • Title: Conservative treatment of comminuted mandibular fracture involving maxillomandibular fixation with miniplates.
    Author: Melo AR, do Amaral MF, de Santana Santos T, de Morais Santos LA, do Lago CA, Filho JR.
    Journal: J Craniofac Surg; 2012 May; 23(3):893-5. PubMed ID: 22565920.
    Abstract:
    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.
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