title: Management of Multiple Mandibular Fractures in a Child with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Using Arch Bar Retained Thermoformed Splints: A Novel Technique.
abstract: Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal dominant and recessive inherited disorders of type I collagen metabolism. Clinical features of OI include multiple bone fractures, muscle weakness, joint laxity, skeletal deformities, blue sclerae, hearing loss, and dentinogenesis imperfecta. This report presents a challenging case of multiple mandibular fractures in a five years old child with OI, which was successfully treated with a new, minimally invasive technique of closed reduction with arch bar retained thermoformed splint.
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nilesh
authors.forename: Ashwini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sawant
authors.forename: Swapnil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taur
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Parkar
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D010013:Osteogenesis Imperfecta / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013165:Splints
keywords: Brittle bone disease; closed reduction; paediatric jaw fracture