• Archives of Plastic Surgery
• /
• 제36권1호
• /
• pp.56-60
• /
• 2009

Purpose: Palatal fracture and mandible fracture result in instability of dental arch. Because they divide the maxillary and mandibular alveolus sagittally and / or transversely and comminute the dentition, they permit rotation of dental alveolar segments and significantly increase the potential for fracture malalignment, complicating fracture treatment. Previous treatment of palatal fracture consisted of palatal splint application and rigid palatal vault stabilization. This procedure result in patient's oral discomfort and removal of palate and screw. Mandible fracture often results in malocclusion due to widening of posterior aspect of dental arch. So we introduce more simple method using intermolar traction wiring, which can protect the widening of dental arch and rotation of dental alveolar segment. Methods: Arch bar and intermolar traction wiring with wire 1 - 0, or 2 - 0 was applied. After exposure of fracture line, neutrooclusion was maintained with intermaxillary fixation. And then open reduction & internal fixation on maxillary fracture line, commonly maxillary buttress, alveolar ridge, pyriform aperture except palatal vault or mandibular fracture line. After 1 week, intermolar traction wiring was removed. We checked occlusion and postoperative radiologic finding. Results: From June of 2007 to October of 2007, 10 patient, who have maxillary fracture with palatal fracture and mandible fracture, underwent open reduction & internal fixation with intermolar traction wiring. All have satisfactory occlusion and there were no complication, like gingiva disease, mouth opening impairment and nonunion. Conclusion: The intermolar traction wiring accompany open reduction and internal fixation can be alternative method for restoration of dental arch in facial bone fracture.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• /
• 제48권5호
• /
• pp.303-308
• /
• 2022

Objectives: Selection of treatment methods for mandibular condylar fractures remains controversial. In this study, we investigated treatment methods for condylar fractures to determine the indications for open or closed reduction. Patients and Methods: Patients >12 years of age treated for mandibular condylar fractures with a follow-up period of ≥3 months were included in this study. The medical records of enrolled patients were reviewed for sex, age, fracture site, treatment method (open or closed reconstruction), postoperative intermaxillary fixation period, operation time, and complications. Radiological analysis of fracture fragment displacement and changes in ramal height difference was performed using computed tomography and panoramic radiography. Results: A total of 198 patients was investigated, 48.0% (n=95) of whom underwent closed reduction and 52.0% (n=103) underwent open reduction. There was no significant correlation between reduction method and patient sex, age, or follow-up period. No statistically significant difference between the incidence of complications and treatment method was observed. None of the patients underwent open reduction of condylar head fracture. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that open reduction was significantly more frequent in patients with subcondylar fracture compared to in those with a fracture in the condylar head area. There was no statistically significant correlation between the groups and fracture fragment displacement. However, there was a significant difference between the treatment groups in amount of change in ramal height difference between the fractured and the non-fractured sides during treatment. Conclusion: No significant clinical differences were found between the open and closed reduction methods in patients with mandibular condylar fractures. According to fracture site, closed reduction was preferred for condyle head fractures. There was no significant relationship between fracture fragment displacement and treatment method.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제27권5호
• /
• pp.472-477
• /
• 2005

저자 등은 1996년 1월부터 2004년 12월까지 서울대학교 보라매병원 구강악안면외과에서 치료받은 141명의 하악골 골절 환자의 임상적 연구를 통하여 다음을 알 수 있었다. 1. 전체 환자에서 남,녀 성별 발생빈도는 5.13대 1로 남자에서 호발 하였으며, 연령대별로는 20대에서 가장 빈발하였고 (30.5%), 그 다음 30대, 40대 (22.7%) 순이었다. 2. 하악골 골절의 원인으로 폭행 (45.4%), 낙상, 추락 및 충돌 (40.4%), 교통사고 (11.3%) 순이었다. 3. 골절부의 위치는 하악 정중부 (41.2%), 우각부(32.2%), 과두부 골절(18.5%)의 순으로 나타났으며, 단일 골절의 경우 하악 우각부 골절이 (46.7%)로 가장 많았고, 두 군데 이상의 골절의 하악 정중부 및 우각부 동시 골절이 가장 많았다 (45.5%). 4. 교통사고로 인한 하악 골절은 정중부, 과두부, 우각부 골절의 순으로 발생 빈도를 보였고, 폭력과 낙상, 추락 및 충돌 등으로 인한 골절의 경우 정중부, 우각부, 과두부 골절 순으로 발생빈도를 보였다.

• 구강회복응용과학지
• /
• 제22권4호
• /
• pp.283-288
• /
• 2006

There are several manners for surgical approaches to the mandibular condyle. With the retromandiular approach, the condyle and fracture are exposed directly and allow for good inspection and reduction. The retromandibular scar is very well camouflaged and practically invisible. The aim of this study was to evaluate clinical results of retromandibular approach for the reduction and fixation of fractured mandibular condyles. We described postoperative complications such as temporary facial nerve weakness involving the marginal mandibular branch, mouth opening limitation and malocclusion in 13 patients with mandubular condylar fractures; 11 subcondylar fractures and 2 condylar neck fractures. The follow-up period was longer than 6 months in all patients. The retromandibular approach was successful in all subcondylar fracture cases. 2 patients with condylar neck fracture had mouth opening limitation and temporary marginal nerve palsy longer than 3 months. But there were no cases of permanent nerve injury and malocclusion. Our findings indicate that retromandibular approach is an easy and safe technique for subcondylar fracture but not for condylar neck fracture.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
• /
• 제11권2호
• /
• pp.398-404
• /
• 1994

저자등은 하악 과두 골절에 있어 골절의 양상, 환자의 요구, 교합의 상태, 한자의 나이등을 고려하여 기능적 처지가 필요하다고 판단된 환자들에 있어 악간 고정기간 없이 activator를 이용한 기능적 치료를 한 결과, 빠른 악관절 기능의 회복을 관찰하고 정상적인 하악의 전, 측방 기능운동을 유도할 수 있었기에 문헌 고찰과 함께 보고하는 바이다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제32권6호
• /
• pp.521-528
• /
• 2010

Purpose: Anatomical reduction of the fractured condylar process is an important prerequisite for re-establishing function. The authors reported about effectiveness of transoral approach for mandibular subcondyle fracture using trochar device in cases that the fracture line is below the reference line, the perpendicular line of the longitudinal axis of condylar process passing the lowest point of sigmoid notch. As a serial study, we report the open reduction via preauricular approach for mandibular condyle fracture, in cases that the fracture line is above the reference line. Patients and Methods: Sixteen condylar fractures of 15 adult patients were divided two groups and treated by open reduction via preauricular approach (8 cases) or by closed reduction (8 cases). The degree of maximal mouth opening, occlusion, anatomical reduction, condylar resorption and complications were assessed and evaluated for the two groups. Results: The open reduction of condyle via preauricular approach leads to good results without permanent complications. Anatomical reduction of open reduction group and maximal mouth opening range of the closed reduction group is significantly better than the other group. No significant differences were found in the condylar resorption and the occlusion. Conclusion: The preauricular approach was useful to reduce and fix the condylar fragment, in cases that the fracture line is above the reference line.

• 대한소아치과학회지
• /
• 제47권1호
• /
• pp.1-8
• /
• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 소아 청소년에서 발생한 하악 과두 골절의 빈도, 원인, 골절의 임상적 양상 및 치료 방법에 대한 후향적 분석을 통해 연령에 따른 하악 과두 골절의 임상적 특징 및 치료방법을 조사하는 것이었다. 최근 10년간 아주대학교 치과병원에서 하악 과두 골절로 진단받고 치료받은 만 15세 이하의 환자 44명을 대상으로 후향적 분석을 시행하였다. 하악골 골절 중 하악 과두 골절의 빈도는 환아의 연령이 어릴수록 높았다. 하악 과두 골절의 원인으로 넘어짐의 비율이 가장 높았다. 만 4 - 7세 군에선 과두부(condyle head) 골절이 91.7%를 차지하였으며, 연령이 증가할수록 과두경부(condyle neck) 골절 비율이 증가하였다. 하악 과두 골절 환아의 54.5%에서 하악 정중부 골절이 동반되었으며, 정중부 골절이 동반된 경우 구치부 치아 손상 빈도는 하악 과두 골절 단독인 경우에 비해 높았다. 44명 환아 중 43명에서 보존적 치료가 시행되었으며, 양측 과두의 심각한 골편 변위를 가진 1명 환아에서 관혈적 수술이 시행되었다. 본 연구 결과는 소아 청소년에서 발생한 하악 과두 골절의 진단 및 치료 계획 수립에 의미있는 자료로 적용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 대한치과교정학회지
• /
• 제35권2호
• /
• pp.148-152
• /
• 2005

하악 좌측 견치의 미맹출을 주소로 내원한 10세 여환의 과거 병력 조사 중 3년 전 교통사고로 하악 좌측 골체부에 골절이 생겨 miniplate로 관혈적 정복술을 시행받은 것을 발견하였다. 통상적인 외과적 노출과 교정적 견인치료로는 견치 맹출에 실패하였고, miniplate를 제거함으로써 정상적인 매복 견치 맹출에 성공하였기에 보고하는 바이다.

• Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• /
• 제32권5호
• /
• pp.484-487
• /
• 2010

Cemento-ossifying fibroma is a true osteogenic neoplasm. It is also called as ossifying fibroma or cementify-ing fibroma. Small lesions seldom cause any symptoms and are detected only on radiographic examination. Large lesions result in a painless swelling of the involved bone. In radiographic features the lesion most often is well defined and unilocular. It may appear completely radiolucent, or more often varying degrees of rdiopacity. It is composed of fibrous tissue that contains a variable mixture of bony trabeculae,cementum-like spherules, or both. Treatment of most lesions generally is enucleation of tumor. However, some lesions which have grown large and destroyed considerable bone, may necessitate surgical resection and bone grafting. This case was the bony lesion that was found by accident in patient with mandibular left body and subcondylar fracture. In radiographic examination, there was a mixed radiolucent and radiopaque lesion in mandibular left body area with fracture line. We treated on mandibular left body and subcondylar fracture and enucleated the lesion on the left body area simultaneously. At surgical exploration, the lesion was well demarcated from the surrounding bone, thus permitting relatively easy separation of the tumor from its bony bed. In histopathologic examination, the lesion contained bony trabeculae and cementum-like spherules within a background of cellular fibrous connective tissue. It finally diagnosed as cemento-ossify-ing fibroma from the result of biopsy.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• /
• 제36권4호
• /
• pp.309-313
• /
• 2010

The management of teeth in the line of a mandibular fracture is controversial despite the general agreement that most of these teeth can be preserved. Teeth should be retained if bony attachments are adequate for survival, the tooth is sound and important in maintaining fixation of the fractured segment of bone. Teeth should be removed if they are loose and interfere with the reduction of fragments, are devitalized and potentially a source of wound infection, are damaged beyond their usefulness or may become devital and interfere with healing by becoming infected. However, tooth removal will increase the level of trauma, extend the severity of the wound and require expensive prosthetic treatment. Therefore, it is very important to conserve infected teeth in the line of a mandibular fracture through early primary endodontic treatment (pulp extirpation, canal enlargement and canal opening drainage) and splinting. The basic principles underlying the treatment of pulpless teeth are those underlying general surgery. Therefore, debridement of the infected wound (pulp extirpation and canal enlargement), drainage (canal opening) and gentle treatment of the tissues (occlusal reduction and teeth splinting) are the principles of surgery. This is a representative case report of conservative care by the early endodontic drainage of infected teeth in the line of a mandibular fracture.