title: DIMAC wires: a new approach to interdental immobilization in the 1990s.
abstract: Immobilization of the jaw by wires has remained a common method of treatment over the past 130 years as determined through articles in the medical and dental journals as far back as 1887. A variety of devices and techniques have been invented as an alternative to the wires but have failed to gain popularity because of their complex mechanical design or surgical technique. A wire with a precisely engineered thread and threaded nylon nut are described as an accurate, speedy and simple alternative to the arch bars and wires method of immobilizing the jaw while greatly reducing the chances of trauma to the surgeon.
authors.affiliation: Campbell River and District General Hospital, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: B O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Divis
mesh_terms: D001864:Bone Wires / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000592:standards; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007572:Jaw Fractures / Q000601:surgery*