eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2015-10-25 8 October Spl Edition 481 483 10.13005/bpj/728 4334 article Sarvana kumar 1 R. Balakrishnan 1 Abudakir 1 Muthu Mani 1 Senthilnathen 1 Rituparna Saha 1 Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital, Bharath University, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 600100 Intermaxillary fixation (IMF) is used for management of jaw fracture. Some of the commonly used technique of IMF include arch bar and various dental wirings. However IMF may not be efficiently attained in patients who are edentulous, partially dentulous or have compromised dentition using these traditional techniques. To overcome the cumbersome procedure of tooth borne appliances cortical bone screws were introduced in the year of 1989 to achieve IMF which is essentially a bone borne appliance. In this case report a 67 years old partially edentulous patient with left side angle fracture was successfully managed using IMF screws for intermaxillary fixation. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol8octoberspledition/imf-screws-alternative-to-arch-bar-fixation-in-partially-edentulous-patients/ mandible intermaxillary fixation IMF screws fracture