title: Application of physiologic and prosthodontic principles in reduction of mandibular fractures.
abstract: A review of basic prosthodontic principles and the muscle physiology on which they are based is presented. Proper reduction of fractures of the edentulous mandible and maxilla requires the incorporation of a correctly determined freeway space into either the patient's preexisting dentures or into the split Gunning-type splints.
mesh_terms: D003768:Dental Occlusion, Centric; D003779:Denture Design; D003824:Denture, Complete; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008410:Masticatory Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous; D013165:Splints; D014716:Vertical Dimension