Unusual healing of a fracture of an atrophic mandible. Report of a case.
Fractures of an atrophic edentulous mandible may present a serious problem in oral surgical treatment. A case is described in which a traumatic mandibular fracture, initially treated by means of a Gunning type of splint, and a subsequent spontaneous fracture on the opposite side were treated without mechanical fixation.
D001284:Atrophy; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000473:pathology; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014945:Wound Healing