Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Online ISSN : 1884-6661
Print ISSN : 0917-5261
ISSN-L : 0917-5261
A case of mandibular fracture in a 1-year-3-months old girl
Yoshizou TSUDAMasanori NISHIKAWAGaku YAMAMOTO
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2006 Volume 16 Issue 2 Pages 177-181

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The treatment of mandibular fracture in infants has normally been carried out with conservative methods to consider the mandibular growth and existence of the permanent tooth germ before. We have encountered a case of a 1-year-3-months old girl with a fracture of the right mandibular body and the left condylar head region. After the occlusion was stabilized, intermaxillary retraction with an elastic band continued for 20 days.
After this therapy, no abnormality of mandibular function has been observed in this 2 years. Careful observation should be continued for a long duration in our department.
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