INDIRECT IMPACT OF AN ACRYLIC LABIOLINGUAL SPLINTS MANGING FRACTURED PEDIATRIC MANDIBULAR DENTAL BEARING AREAS ON TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT FUNCTIONS | ||||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||||
| Article 10, Volume 62, Issue 1 - January (Oral Surgery), January 2016, Page 945-953 PDF (1.14 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2016.95226 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Hamed Gad1; Amro M.Moness Ali2 | ||||
| 1Lecturer of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Pediatric and Community Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Minia University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Objective: The purpose of the current study was to investigate the indirect impact of an acrylic labio-lingual splints as a fixation maneuver of pediatric mandibular body fractures on temporo- mandibular joint (TMJ) function. study design: The current study was conducted on twenty patients of both genders (12 boys and 8 girls) with age ranging from 5-10 years old. These patients suffered from 20 single mandibular fractures at teeth bearing area. The patients were divided into two groups; pre-school age group (G1) and school age group (G2). They were conservatively treated through closed reduction and indirect fixation by using acrylic labio-lingual splint tightened by 2-4circummandibular wires under local anesthesia and conscious sedation. The patients were followed up clinically and radio-graphically immediately, and at (one, three, six, nine and twelve) months postoperatively. Results: Through all follow up period; all mandibular functional movements well not affected. Statistically; there were non-statistically significance decrease in all functional mandibular movement in both groups. In the meantime there non-statistically significance decrease in all functional mandibular movement in the same group from immediate post-operative period to the end of the postoperative follow up period Conclusion: An acrylic labio-lingual splints as the legendary mean of indirect fixating of pediatric mandibular body fractures had no deleterious effect on TMJ functional activities. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Circum mandibular wiring; mandibular body fractures; acrylic splint; pediatric trauma | ||||
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