title: [Conservative therapy of mandibular fractures in children with operatively secured splints].
abstract: In the treatment of mandibular fractures in children offering no adequate possibility for attaching splints to the teeth, we use prosthetic splints fixed with four circumferential wires. This monomaxillary fixation is sufficient to stabilize fractures of the mandibular anterior segment. Fractures situated distal to the canines require additional intermaxillary fixation, i.e. zygomaticomaxillary suspension of the mandible. When functional therapy is needed at the same time, we use an activator instead of the prosthetic splint. 59 patients treated in this way were reevaluated within a period of 10 years. The results of this reevaluation are reported.
authors: Abteilung für Mund- und Kiefer-Gesichtschirurgie der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Spanakis
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Ghavami
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Krüger
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D013165:Splints
vernacular_title: Zur konservativen Therapie der Uterkieferfrakturen bei Kindern mit operativ befestigten Schieneverbänden.