Dental forceps reduction of depressed zygomatic arch fractures.
Zygomatic fractures are commonly encountered by the maxillofacial surgeon. Twenty-five patients with isolated zygomatic arch fractures were managed successfully under local anesthesia and sedation using the intraoral buccal sulcus approach. A dental forceps was used as the reducing instrument. Maxillofacial surgical units that manage a large number of trauma cases can consider this technique as a rapid means to manage such fractures under local anesthesia and sedation.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Al-Arab Medical Sciences University, Benghazi, Libya.
Balasubramanian
B
Krishnan
Mohammad Hossni
MH
El Sheikh
D000328:Adult; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D003762:Dental Instruments; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures / Q000601:surgery*
D000779:Anesthetics, Local