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Rituparna Saha, Vijay Ebenezer, R. Balakrishnan, Saravana Kumar, Muthu Mani and Muthulingam Vivek
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sree Balaji Dental College & Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai - 600100, India
DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bpj/786
Abstract
The use of locking plates in mandibular fracture is efficacious.This study compared the efficiency of locking plate and screw with standard miniplate and screws in the fixation of mandibular fractures with respect to fixation stability and complication rate.Locking plate/screw systems offer certain advantages over other plates, it bear the masticatory forces with greater stability, do not require intimate contact with bone, making them easier to adapt and less technique sensitive,minimizes disruption of the cortical bone blood supply . Screws are unlikely to loosen from the plate due to the threading mechanism associated with locking screw/plate systems.A final advantage of locking screw/plate systems is that the patient has early use of the jaws reducing the need for maxillo-mandibular fixation.
Keywords
Mandible fracture; locking plate; mini plate
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| Copy the following to cite this article: Saha R, Ebenezer V, Balakrishnan R, Kumar S, Mani M, Vivek M. A Comparison Between Locking Plates and Miniplates In Fixation of Mandibular Fractures. Biomed Pharmacol J 2015;8(October Spl Edition) |
| Copy the following to cite this URL: Saha R, Ebenezer V, Balakrishnan R, Kumar S, Mani M, Vivek M. A Comparison Between Locking Plates and Miniplates In Fixation of Mandibular Fractures. Biomed Pharmacol J 2015;8(October Spl Edition). Available from: http://biomedpharmajournal.org/?p=4388> |
