title: [Clinical application of self-regulating exterior bracket for zygomatic fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical value of self-regulating exterior bracket for zygomatic fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty patients with unilateral zygomatic fracture were treated using self-regulating exterior bracket. They all had limitation of mouth opening and facial collapse. 1.5 cm incision was made from the distal upper first molar. After reducting to normal mouth opening and symmetrical face, self-regulating external bracket was used to fix the fracture for 3 weeks.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After removing the self-regulating bracket, X-ray showed the fracture healing well. The patients had normal mouth opening.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical effect of using self-regulating bracket to fix fracture after reduction for unilateral zygomatic fracture is good, it is a simple surgical method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Fengcheng Hospital, Fengxian District, Shanghai 201411, China. xuemeideai20071101@163.com
authors.forename: Xue-mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Qing-zhong
authors.initials: QZ
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li-ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiao-jia
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D006801:Humans; D015051:Zygomatic Fractures