title: [Results of follow-up of temporomandibular joint fractures in 30 children].
abstract: Disturbances of facial growth and occlusion as well as temporomandibular joint dysfunction are possible sequelae of temporomandibular joint fractures in children. In a follow-up study we examined 30 children with conservatively treated condylar fractures of the mandible (age at time of accident from 9 months to 13 years) regarding dysfunction or growth disturbances within the stomatognathic system. The mean interval between the accident and the follow-up was 4 years and 11 months. We found 6 cases with tilted occlusional planes in the 'en face' analysis, 3 of them with bilateral condylar fractures. There was only one case with a facial asymmetry. The interincisive distance was never below 35 mm. Only 3 patients, all of them with bilateral condylar fractures, had a restricted mobility of the mandible. Remodelling of the condylar head was good in 92% of the cases. Two patients with bilateral fractures showed formation of a bifid condyle without ankylosis. Deviation of the ascending ramus in the horizontal plane was observed radiographically in 21% of the cases with unilateral fractures and in 33% with bilateral fractures respectively and always in a medial direction. Measurement of the length of the Processus articularis in the orthopantomogramm showed a shortening in 70% of the cases on the fracture side. The radiographic evaluation of facial asymmetry after Ricketts and Mulick only revealed an angle difference of more than 5 degrees in some cases.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kellenberger
authors: T
authors: T
authors: von Arx
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Hardt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008445:Maxillofacial Development / Q000502:physiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013706:Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Ergebnisse der Nachuntersuchung von Kiefergelenkfrakturen bei 30 Kindern.