title: Biomechanical comparison of plating techniques for fractures of the mandibular condyle.
abstract: We compared the biomechanical behaviour of various rigid internal fixation techniques for treatment of fractures of the mandibular condylar process. Fifteen sheep hemimandibles were used to evaluate three bicortical plating techniques. A custom-made 3-point biomechanical test model was used for the samples. Each group was tested with compression forces by an Instron Lloyd LRX machine. The resistance to forces (N) that caused displacements of 1.75 and 3.50mm were compared using the Instron software programme and displacement graphics. There were no significant differences among the three groups for displacements of 1.75 and 3.50mm. Our study showed that the titanium miniadaptation plates, minicompression plates, and the absorbable miniplates did not differ significantly in their biomechanical behaviour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Dentistry, 55139, Kurupelit, Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Metin
authors.forename: Mehtap
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muğlali
authors.forename: Bora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ozden
authors.forename: Nükhet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Celebi
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000818:Animals; D001860:Bone Plates; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019248:Jaw Fixation Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000293:injuries*; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D008904:Miniaturization; D012756:Sheep; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014025:Titanium
chemical_list: D014025:Titanium