title: Treatment of post-traumatic open bite by radiofrequency.
abstract: An 18-year-old man with a fracture of the mandibular symphysis and both condylar heads was treated by open reduction of the fractured symphysis and closed reduction of the fractures of the condylar heads. As the open-bite was not resolved by the operation, elastic traction was applied for three weeks, but there was no improvement. Finally, we gave radiofrequency treatment to the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle, after which the open-bite disappeared and at the follow-up examinations there was no recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, #896 Pyungchon-Dong, Dongan-Gu, Anyang-city, Kyungki-do 431-070, South Korea. dr-antagonist@hanmail.net
authors.forename: Seong-Seok
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Horatiu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rotaru
authors.forename: Seong-Gon
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D024343:Open Bite / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014143:Traction / Q000379:methods