[New aspects in managing mandibular fractures].
BACKGROUND
The aim of osteosynthetic mandibular fracture treatment is a bony bridging of the fracture gap. The gap distance and the fragment movement determine the micromovement in the gap tissue. They are known to be the main factors associated with the clinical outcome of fracture treatment.


METHODS
The term fracture stability and the underlying mechanically modulated tissue reactions are not well described in the literature.


METHODS
In this article we describe experimental results of strain related bone regenerate reactions in vivo. Additionally, in an in vitro model of osteosynthetic fracture treatment micromovements in the sense of bone strains were determined in the gap area. Implications for the osteosynthetic treatment of mandibular fractures are discussed on the basis of our biological and biomechanical results.
Joos
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universität Münster.
Piffko
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Meyer
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D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001860:Bone Plates; D001861:Bone Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000379:methods*; D017102:Fracture Healing / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography