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Medicina (Kaunas) 2019 Apr 17;55(4). Epub 2019 Apr 17.

Primary Health Care Center, 20000 Podgorica, Montenegro.

Due to the fact that the mandible is the only movable bone in the face, it is often exposed to the influence of external forces. The incidence of trismus and posttraumatic pain in unilateral mandibular corpus fractures may be related to the occurrence of complications. There is a decrease in the quality of life of these patients. Read More

J Maxillofac Oral Surg 2019 Jun 28;18(2):217-223. Epub 2018 Aug 28.

1Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Paseo Isabel la Católica, 1-3, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.

Introduction: Mandibles fractures are one of the most frequent pathologies treated in an Oral and Maxillofacial Department and represent a serious public health problem.

Materials And Methods: We present a retrospective study of patients treated for mandible fractures by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department in a Spanish tertiary hospital during 2010-2012.

Results: One hundred and thirty-nine patients with 201 mandible fracture sites were assisted in our department; 15% were female and 85% were male, with a male-to-female ratio of 5. Read More

Materials (Basel) 2019 Apr 3;12(7). Epub 2019 Apr 3.

Department of Strength of Materials and Structures, Technical University of Lodz, Stefanowskiego 1/15, 90-924 Lodz, Poland.

(1) Background: The main disadvantage of rigid fracture fixation is remain material after healing period. Implementation of resorbable plates prevents issues resulting from left plates. The aim of this study is to compare the usage of bioresorbable and titanium "A" shape condyle plate in condylar fractures. Read More

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Apr 10. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia.

Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is an infrequent but serious complication of radiotherapy, especially in the head and neck region. It is a slowly progressive condition, with management in the early stages focused on symptom control, and surgery usually reserved for advanced ORN. However, established ORN is difficult to treat. Read More

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Apr 6. Epub 2019 Apr 6.

Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, APHP, Hôpital Beaujon, F-92110, Clichy, Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France; EA 2496, Orofacial Pathology, Imaging and Biotherapy Laboratory, France. Electronic address:

Introduction: In surgical approaches to condylar fractures, there is a risk of damage to the transverse facial artery (TFA) which may in turn account for impaired blood supply to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). In order to investigate the risk of damage to the TFA, and prevent lesions to this artery resulting from TMJ surgical procedures, we studied the distance between the TFA and the head of the condylar process.

Methodology: A dissection study was conducted on 10 fresh cadavers (20 condylar specimens dissected), involving fifty CT scans of the face with intravenous contrast. Read More

J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2019 Mar 25. Epub 2019 Mar 25.

Department of Stomatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, 300052, PR China. Electronic address:

Purpose: To compare the functional outcomes between open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) and closed reduction (CR) for unilateral mandibular extra-capsular condylar fractures in patients over 12 years old.

Materials And Methods: A comprehensive electronic search of PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library databases was conducted up to October 31, 2018. The evaluated functional outcomes included malocclusion, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain, protrusion, laterotrusion, maximum inter-incisal opening and lateral deviation during maximum inter-incisal opening. Read More

Vet Surg 2019 Apr 5. Epub 2019 Apr 5.

Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.

Objective: To determine the influence of plate fixation (locking or dynamic compression) and the site of application (ventral [V] or ventrolateral [VL]) on the resistance to bending of transverse mandibular fractures.

Study Design: Ex vivo, simple randomized study.

Sample Population: Mandibles harvested from adult equine cadavers (n = 18). Read More

J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2019 Mar 15. Epub 2019 Mar 15.

Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Center for Dental Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.

Introduction: There has been a shift toward surgical treatment of ZMC (zygomaticomaxillary complex) fractures with open reduction and subsequent fixation in the past decades. Anatomically preformed osteosynthesis plates, already used in the field of craniomaxillofacial surgery for the treatment of fractures of the mandible and the orbit, might be a suitable option for ZMC fractures as well.

Material And Methods: A statistical shape model was created from 179 cranial CT scans. Read More

Dent Traumatol 2019 Mar 27. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Medicine, and Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Miyagi, Japan.

Background/aim: Maxillofacial trauma is frequent and represents a heavy burden for patients and society. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics and management of mandibular fractures caused by falls.

Material And Methods: One hundred and thirty nine patients with 185 mandible fractures caused by falls were included in this retrospective study. Read More

Indian J Dent Res 2019 Jan-Feb;30(1):94-96

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Background: Mandible is one of the most prominent bones of the facial skeleton leading to high prevalence of fracture during facial trauma. The management of mandibular fractures has evolved from intermaxillary fixation (IMF) to a combination of IMF and wire osteosynthesis, lag screw, and plate fixation. Despite the evolution in techniques, no technique including open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) has proven to be completely devoid of complications. Read More

J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2019 Jan-Mar;31(1):67-71

Combined Military Hospital Multan, Pakistan.

Background: Although mandibular condylar fractures are among the most common fractures of maxillofacial region, the ideal method for treatment of these fractures is still a controversy. The objective of this study was to compare functional outcomes of open vs closed treatment of unilateral mandibular condylar fractures.

Methods: This study was carried out at Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Armed Forces Institute of Dentistry, Rawalpindi. Read More

Head Neck 2019 Mar 11. Epub 2019 Mar 11.

Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.

Background: Tumor-induced osteomalacia is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome in which patients develop hypophosphatemia and osteomalacia.

Methods And Results: Here, we report a unique case of a 42-year-old man who presented to our institution with a 1-year history of pain in his ribs, hips, lower back, and feet. Radiologic examination revealed a decrease in bone density and multiple insufficiency fractures. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2019 Mar 1. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

School of Stomatology China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

Background: Repositioning the displaced articular disc is the key procedure that prevents ankylosis of the temporomandibular mandibular joint (TMJ) in the treatment of patients with comminuted condylar fractures. The conventional procedure performed clinically is to use two anchors and sutures to reposition the displaced articular disc. Therefore, this paper introduces a new and economical method to reposition the articular disc without metallic implantation materials. Read More

BMC Surg 2019 Mar 5;19(1):28. Epub 2019 Mar 5.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hanyang University, College of Medicine, 153, Gyeongchun-ro, Guri, 11923, Republic of Korea.

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes and effectiveness between intraoral approach and retromandibular approach for treatment of subcondylar fracture of mandible.

Methods: Between March 2011 and October 2013, 24 patients with subcondylar fractures of the mandible were treated by a single surgeon with an intraoral approach using an angulated screwdriver (n = 14) or by another surgeon using a retromandibular approach (n = 10). The interincisal distance was measured 1 week (T0), 6 weeks (T1), 3 months (T2), and 6 months (T3) postoperatively. Read More

Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr 2019 Mar 28;12(1):81-84. Epub 2018 Sep 28.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

This article aims to present the outcomes of treating anterior mandibular fractures using Herbert's screw. A total of 10 patients were treated for fractures of anterior mandible by open reduction and internal fixation using the Herbert screw. The patients were collected starting from June 2016 to November 2017, at the Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Nasser Institute for Research and Treatment, Cairo, and Faculty of Dentistry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Read More

Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr 2019 Mar 15;12(1):27-33. Epub 2018 Feb 15.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

The purpose of this study is to check the efficacy of transgingival lag screw osteosynthesis in alveolar process fractures of maxilla and mandible. A single-arm nonrandomized observational study was performed for the treatment of alveolar process fractures of maxilla and mandible. In this study, 20 mixed age group patients with alveolar process fracture were included. Read More

Unfallchirurg 2019 Feb 19. Epub 2019 Feb 19.

Klinik für Mund‑, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Deutschland.

Introduction: The treatment of facial fractures is an integral part of the oral and maxillofacial surgical treatment spectrum. In the case of complex fractures that involve multiple levels of the facial skeleton associated with severe concomitant injuries, an individual and interdisciplinary treatment approach is needed, which requires the infrastructure of a national trauma center.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the incidence and management of patients with complex facial fractures and considering the concomitant injury pattern. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Jan 15. Epub 2019 Jan 15.

Resident and Postdoctoral Researcher, Departments of Periodontics and Endodontics and Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Purpose: The use of plates for open reduction and internal fixation of mandibular fractures has become a widely accepted method in the past 3 decades. However, the anterior mandible is well suited to lag screw fixation owing to the thickness of its bony cortices. Hence, the purpose of the present study was to comparatively evaluate clinical outcomes of fixation using lag screws and miniplates in anterior mandibular fractures. Read More

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2019 Jan;25(1):86-88

Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, İzmir Katip Çelebi University Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir-Turkey.

Airbags and seatbelts are among the primary means of preventing severe injuries after motor vehicle accidents. Nonetheless, many studies have examined injuries that were related to airbag deployment. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of multiple mandible fractures caused by impact with the airbag cover. Read More

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg 2019 Jan;25(1):29-33

Department of Emergency Medicine, Mustafa Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Hatay-Turkey.

Background: This study aimed to assess the demographics, clinical features, and treatment costs of maxillofacial trauma cases referred to our hospital during the Syrian civil war.

Methods: The study included 80 cases of maxillofacial trauma. Patients with additional pathologies were excluded from the study. Read More

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Feb 26;120(1):11-15. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, government dental college and hospital, Ahmedabad, India.

The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the relative efficacy of treating linear non-comminuted mandibular fracture of symphysis and parasymphysis region using single 2.0-mm AO locking reconstruction plate or using two conventional miniplates. In this study, 80 patients of symphysis or parasymphysis fracture were divided randomly in two equal groups and treated with open reduction and internal fixation using two 2. Read More

Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Mar 9;23(1):63-69. Epub 2019 Feb 9.

M.M College of Dental Sciences & Research,, House No. 879, sector- 8, Mullana, Panchkula, Ambala, Haryana, 134109, India.

Purpose: To assess different types of dental injuries associated with facial bone fractures.

Method: One hundred dentate patients were selected randomly of all age and gender who had maxillofacial trauma only and having dental injury in association with facial bones fractures were included. They were thoroughly examined for injury/fracture to facial region as well as for dental injuries (teeth). Read More

Wiad Lek 2018;71(9):1841-1843

Katedra Patofizjologii I Endokrynologii, Śląski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Zabrze, Polska.

Osteoporosis is a generalized skeletal disease characterized by an increased risk of fractures resulting from decreased bone mineral density. Risk factors for osteoporosis are genetic determinants and lifestyle related. Osteoporosis also affects the jawbone and mandible and tobacco smokers show a greater degree of periodontitis. Read More

Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2019 Feb 8:3489419830114. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

1 Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, USA.

Objectives:: "Young adulthood" is a term used to define individuals falling within the 18- to 22-year-old age range. Injuries account for more than a third of emergency department visits in this population. A particular area of concern is accidents that lead to injuries of the facial bones because they can have long-term functional, aesthetic, and psychosocial impacts. Read More

Ann Plast Surg 2019 Apr;82(4S Suppl 3):S195-S198

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.

Purpose: Falls are a leading cause of nonfatal injury in the pediatric population, resulting in numerous hospitalizations. Children may not have fully developed reflexive and balancing abilities, rendering them more susceptible to traumatic falls. Here the authors present their findings regarding patterns of facial fracture and concomitant injury seen in the pediatric population secondary to falls. Read More

J Maxillofac Oral Surg 2019 Mar 14;18(1):65-72. Epub 2017 Dec 14.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack, Odisha India.

Aim: To study whether the use of 3-D miniplate, when compared with conventional miniplate, gives better clinical outcomes with fewer complications in patients with fracture mandible.

Materials And Methods: A prospective study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Trauma Care Centre, on 40 patients. They were randomly divided into Group-I and Group-II with 20 patients in each group. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Jan 3. Epub 2019 Jan 3.

Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Purpose: Sickle cell anemia is the most commonly inherited blood disorder in the United States. Despite its prevalence, clinicians know little about the extent of its impact on orofacial manifestations.

Materials And Methods: All patients with diagnoses of mandible fracture and sickle cell anemia admitted from 2004 through 2014 were identified using the National Inpatient Sample. Read More

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Apr 21;119:113-117. Epub 2019 Jan 21.

The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) & Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education, School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, PR China; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and compare the demographic characteristics of mandibular condylar fractures between children and adolescents.

Methods: The sample was composed of all children (less than 12 years) and adolescents (between 13 and 18 years old) who presented with mandibular condylar fractures within a 5-year period (January 2011 to April 2016). The age, gender, time of injury, mechanism of trauma, location and pattern of fracture, associated injuries and treatment methods were recorded and analysed. Read More

J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Jan 21. Epub 2019 Jan 21.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, hôpital la Peyronnie, CHU, 34070 Montpellier, France.

Historically, extensive observation of limb fracture healing led to a consensus that only complete rigid immobilization could guarantee recovery. This agreement was arrived at because for a long time progress in treatment was driven by clinicians and did not stem from the application of biological research. The clinical approach was based on immobilization of the fracture by rigid osteosynthesis plates and bicortical screws. Read More

JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2019 Jan 24. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of California, Davis, Sacramento.

Importance: Complications that arise after treatment of mandible fractures can result in significant morbidity. Identifying modifiable risk factors associated with these complications is valuable in guiding clinical practice for improved patient outcomes.

Objective: To describe the risk factors associated with complications in patients undergoing treatment for mandible fracture. Read More

Case Rep Otolaryngol 2018 23;2018:7860384. Epub 2018 Dec 23.

Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV, USA.

Distant metastasis to the jaws, including the maxilla or mandible, is very rare. Although the mandible is the preferred sight of these rare metastases, it is extremely rare for oral cavity malignancies to present as pathological mandibular fractures. Here, we present a case of esophageal adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the mandible, and the first reported case presenting with a pathological mandibular fracture secondary to esophageal adenocarcinoma. Read More

Clin Oral Implants Res 2019 Mar 18;30(3):206-217. Epub 2019 Feb 18.

Department of Periodontology, School of Dentistry, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.

Objectives: This study investigated fracture rates and risk indicators for fractures in internal connection dental implants.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 19,006 internal connection implants used in fixed restoration in 5,124 patients (4,570 males, 554 females) at the Dental Hospital of Veterans Health Service Medical Center between 2006 and 2015. Patients were followed through June 2018 (0. Read More

J Clin Med 2019 Jan 21;8(1). Epub 2019 Jan 21.

Department of Conservative Dentistry, Medical University of Bialystok, Sklodowskiej M.C. 24a Str., 15-276 Bialystok, Poland.

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of titanium bone fixations on mitochondrial activity, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, glutathione metabolism, and selected markers of oxidative/nitrosative stress in the periosteum-like tissue of patients treated with mandible fractures. The study group consisted of 30 patients with bilateral fractures of the mandible body eligible for surgical treatment. Our study is the first one that indicates disturbances of mitochondrial activity as well as a higher production of ROS in the periosteum-like tissue covering titanium fixations of the mandible. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2019 Jan 10. Epub 2019 Jan 10.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affiliated, Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University.

Purpose: The study proposed to determine the superiority between locking plate and nonlocking miniplate for mandibular fractures (MFs) treatment.

Methods: A comprehensive electronic search examining Medline-Ovid, Embase, and PubMed databases language without date was performed in February 2018. Inclusion criteria were studies in humans, including randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, with the aim of comparing the 2 techniques. Read More

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Jan 4. Epub 2019 Jan 4.

Oral and Maxillofacial Department, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Fractures of the facial skeleton place a burden on healthcare systems at the individual and population level. It is suggested that a high proportion of such patients are non-compliant with various aspects of their care. It stands to reason that non-compliance would contribute to adverse outcomes and increased costs in general. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2018 Dec 10. Epub 2018 Dec 10.

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA. Electronic address:

Purpose: Developing a valid method for assessing mandibular injury severity could permit standardized comparisons of treatment-specific outcomes between and among various mandibular fracture studies. The study purpose was to assess the validity of the Mandible Injury Severity Score (MISS) developed by Shetty et al (J Oral Maxillofac Surg 65:663, 2007) by measuring the association between the MISS and postoperative complications, operative time, and length of hospital stay (LOS) after operative treatment of isolated mandibular fractures.

Materials And Methods: The authors designed and implemented a retrospective cohort study and enrolled a sample derived from patients treated for isolated mandibular fractures at Harborview Medical Center (Seattle, WA) by the oral and maxillofacial surgery service from June 2012 through December 2016. Read More

Dent Traumatol 2019 Apr 24;35(2):115-120. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Centre Mainz, Mainz, Germany.

Aims: The number of patients suffering maxillofacial trauma remains constant although the affected patients become older. The aim of this study was to illuminate the patterns of maxillofacial fractures in a University Medical Centre and to analyse potential changes in patient population and treatment methods during a 5-year period.

Materials And Methods: In a retrospective analysis, the records of 573 patients with maxillofacial fractures treated in a level one trauma centre from January 2010 to December 2014 were analysed with regard to gender, age, date and time of hospitalization as well as discharge, aetiology, type of fracture, surgery details, complications and further injuries. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2018 Dec 28. Epub 2018 Dec 28.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Parana Federal University.

The mandibular fracture takes the second position among facial bones fractures, with significant increase of cases in the last years. The aim of this paper is to report a clinical case of a patient with facial trauma due to an automotive accident, resulting in an atypical fracture in a unilateral mandibular angle. In the image examinations an atypical favorable fracture in the right mandibular angle region involving the apex of the erupted 48 tooth was found. Read More

Eur J Med Genet 2018 Dec 26. Epub 2018 Dec 26.

Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) type V is an ultrarare heritable bone disorder caused by the heterozygous c.-14C > T mutation in IFITM5. The oro-dental and craniofacial phenotype has not been described in detail, which we therefore undertook to evaluate in a multicenter study (Brittle Bone Disease Consortium). Read More

Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018 12;36(6):671-674

Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The First Affliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.

Objective: The purpose of the study was to analyze the characteristics of elder patients with maxillofacial fracture.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the characteristics of maxillofacial fractures in the elder patients, who were treated from July 2010 to October 2017. The clinical characteristics of the etiology, fracture site, combined injury, systemic disease, and treatment method were analyzed. Read More

Hua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2018 12;36(6):667-670

State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases & Dept. of Traumatic and Plastic Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the treatment for mandibular coracoid fractures retrospectively.

Methods: A retrospective study on 37 patients with mandibular coracoid fractures treated at Department of Traumatic and Plastic Surgery, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University from January 2010 to December 2015 was conducted. Eleven patients were treated conservatively, and 26 patients underwent surgical restoration and internal fixation. Read More

In Vivo 2019 Jan-Feb;33(1):191-194

Department of Clinical Oral Oncology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.

Background/aim: Postresective mandibular reconstruction is common in cases of oral and mandibular tumors. However, complications such as plate fracture and/or plate exposure can occur. The purpose of this study was to analyze complications and survival of reconstructive plates used to correct mandibular defects caused by oral cancer. Read More

J Orthop Case Rep 2018 May-Jun;8(3):85-88

Department of Orthopaedics, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Introduction: Oral bisphosphonates are commonly prescribed for osteoporosis to arrest bone loss and preserve bone density. Complications such as atypical femoral fractures (AFF) and osteonecrosis of jaw (ONJ) are rare.

Case Report: We describe a case of a 60-year-old patient who was on oral bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis and developed ONJ, AFF, recurrent ONJ, and subsequent mandible fracture with delayed AFF union - this is a very unique and extremely rare case. Read More

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2018 Dec 20. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany.

This study was conducted to compare fracture patterns and operation times after sagittal split osteotomy (SSO) by Hunsuck/Epker approach, performed using a burr or ultrasonic device, with and without osteotomy modification. A total of 80 SSOs were performed in fresh human cadavers using a burr or ultrasonic device to investigate the influence of surgical instruments as well as an additional bone cut on the inferior border of the mandible in terms of lingual fracture patterns. The times required for osteotomy and sagittal split were measured, and postoperative cone beam computed tomography images of all splits were analyzed. Read More

J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Apr 26;77(4):789.e1-789.e8. Epub 2018 Nov 26.

Professor and Head of Department, SDM Craniofacial Surgery and Research Centre, SDM College of Dental Science and Hospital, Dharwad, India.

Purpose: This study measured the mandibular ramal height in patients with unilateral condylar fractures managed by the closed method using elastic intermaxillary fixation. Its correlation with facial asymmetry and condylar displacement was assessed. This will determine whether the treatment outcome is in favor of the closed or open method. Read More

Craniomaxillofac Trauma Reconstr 2018 Dec 27;11(4):302-304. Epub 2017 Oct 27.

Department of Otolaryngology, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado.

Pseudoaneurysms are a known complication following facial trauma and orthognathic surgery. Few reports exist of this clinical entity following traditional open techniques of repair, and none have been associated with endoscopic-assisted open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of a subcondylar fracture. We present a case of a 33-year-old man who developed pseudoaneurysm after endoscopic-assisted ORIF as well as a review of the literature on this topic. Read More

J Feline Med Surg 2018 Dec 20:1098612X18819183. Epub 2018 Dec 20.

Department of Clinical Sciences and Services, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate the configurations and management of feline skull fractures and concurrent injuries following head trauma.

Methods: Medical records and CT images were reviewed for cats with skull fractures confirmed by CT that were managed conservatively or with surgery. Details of signalment, presentation, skull fracture configuration, management, re-examination, and complications or mortality were recorded and analysed. Read More

Medicine (Baltimore) 2018 Dec;97(50):e13529

The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Basic Science of Stomatology (Hubei-MOST) and the Key Laboratory of Oral Biomedicine Ministry of Education.

Rationale: Pathological fracture of the mandible caused by radicular cyst is rare. This report describes a unique case of a mandibular pathological fracture caused by radicular cyst, arising from an endodontically treated molar.

Patient Concern: A 49-year-old female was referred to our department with persistent pain in left mandibular angle, accompanying with restricted mouth opening and malocclusion. Read More

Natl J Maxillofac Surg 2018 Jul-Dec;9(2):123-128

Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Background: Injuries of the maxillofacial complex represent one of the most important health problems worldwide. At present, in developing India, due to poor traffic sense, maxillofacial trauma and fractures are most epidemiologic diseases. Mandible is the largest and strongest facial bone and it is the second most commonly fractured bone. Read More

Ann Plast Surg 2019 Jan;82(1):55-61

Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center.

Background: Although clinical trials have successfully applied microplates for the internal fixation of single or double isolated mandibular fractures, the use of microplate systems in comminuted mandibular fractures is not widely accepted. This study aimed to evaluate the use of microplates for internal fixation of comminuted mandible fractures and to discuss their applicability.

Methods: Fourteen patients with comminuted mandibular fractures (10 at a single region, 3 at 2 regions, and 1 at 4 regions) were treated with open reduction and internal fixation using 0. Read More