Surgical Treatment of Mandibular Fracture without Intermaxillary Fixation

摘要

INTRODUCTION: Principles in treating mandibular fractures consist of precise anatomical reduction, restoration of premor-bid occlusion, and rigid fixtation until stable osseointegration achieves (1). Accordingly, when the dental arch was maintained in such a case like an isolated unilateral angle fracture, open reduction and internal fixation without intermaxillary fixation (IMF) brought satisfactory results (2-3)