title: Stability testing of a two miniplate fixation technique for mandibular angle fractures. An in vitro study.
abstract: In the case of mandibular angle fractures, a two miniplate fixation technique in which one plate is applied ventral to the oblique line and a second plate at the inferior border of the buccal cortex was used to stabilize the fracture. In this paper, the stability of the two miniplate fixation technique was tested in a three-dimensional in vitro model. The results of this study showed that in cases of angle fractures this fixation technique provides stable fixation under functional loading.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, South Korea.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kang
mesh_terms: D001860:Bone Plates; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008953:Models, Anatomic