SURGICAL APPROACH TO MANDIBLE FRACTURE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: MANDIBLE FRACTURES ARE AMONG THE MOST FREQUENT FRACTURES OF THE FACIAL BONES AND THE TREATMENT OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES CONTINUES TO EVOLVE SINCE THE FIRST DESCRIPTIONS IN THE LITERATURE EGYPTIAN DUE TO ITS ANATOMY AND PROJECTION IN THE LOWER THIRD OF THE FACE, THE MANDIBLE IS FREQUENTLY AFFECTED BY TRAUMA, WHICH CAN RESULT IN FRACTURES, MAINLY IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AGGRESSIONS, FALLS OR SPORTS ACCIDENTS. OBJECTIVES: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO PRESENT THE METHODS OF SURGICAL APPROACHES CHOSEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURE. MATERIALS AND METHODS: THE RESEARCH WAS PERFORMED IN THE DATABASES OF PETERSON'S PRINCIPLES OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY AND TRAUMA MAXILLOFACIAL DE FONSECA. DISCUSSION: THE NUMBER OF MANDIBULAR FRACTURES HAS BEEN INCREASING GRADUALLY DUE TO FACTORS SUCH AS URBAN GROWTH, NUMBER OF VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA FACIAL AND THE MOST COMMON AGE GROUP IS FROM 20 TO 29 YEARS OLD, THE MAJORITY BEING MALE. RESULTS AND FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE MOST COMMON CAUSES WERE PEOPLE AFFECTED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, WITH THE MANDIBLE, CONDYLE AND HORN BEING THE MOST FRACTURED REGIONS, CONCLUDE IN THE STUDY CARRIED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEONS IN THE TREATMENT OF THESE LESIONS