eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-10-25 8 October Spl Edition 799 804 10.13005/bpj/786 4388 article 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. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8octoberspledition/a-comparison-between-locking-plates-and-miniplates-in-fixation-of-mandibular-fractures/ Mandible fracture  locking plate mini plate