Circummandibular Wiring of Symphysis Fracture in a Five-Year-Old Child

The treatment of pediatric maxillofacial fractures is unique due to the psychological, physiological, developmental, and anatomical characteristics of children. Method. This case report describes the management of symphysis fracture of mandible in a 5-year-old boy. The fracture was treated by acryli...

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Autores principales: Priya Vellore, Krishna, Gadipelly, Srinivas, Dutta, Brahmananda, Reddy, Vijay Bhaskar, Ram, Sri, Parsa, Arun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/930789
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author Priya Vellore, Krishna
Gadipelly, Srinivas
Dutta, Brahmananda
Reddy, Vijay Bhaskar
Ram, Sri
Parsa, Arun
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Dutta, Brahmananda
Reddy, Vijay Bhaskar
Ram, Sri
Parsa, Arun
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description The treatment of pediatric maxillofacial fractures is unique due to the psychological, physiological, developmental, and anatomical characteristics of children. Method. This case report describes the management of symphysis fracture of mandible in a 5-year-old boy. The fracture was treated by acrylic splint with circummandibular wiring. Results. The splint was removed after 3 weeks. The patient had no complaints, and radiograph revealed a healed fracture. Conclusion. The clinical outcome in the present case indicates the management of mandibular fractures in pediatric patients using acrylic splint with circummandibular wiring.
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spelling pubmed-37072302013-07-17 Circummandibular Wiring of Symphysis Fracture in a Five-Year-Old Child Priya Vellore, Krishna Gadipelly, Srinivas Dutta, Brahmananda Reddy, Vijay Bhaskar Ram, Sri Parsa, Arun Case Rep Dent Case Report The treatment of pediatric maxillofacial fractures is unique due to the psychological, physiological, developmental, and anatomical characteristics of children. Method. This case report describes the management of symphysis fracture of mandible in a 5-year-old boy. The fracture was treated by acrylic splint with circummandibular wiring. Results. The splint was removed after 3 weeks. The patient had no complaints, and radiograph revealed a healed fracture. Conclusion. The clinical outcome in the present case indicates the management of mandibular fractures in pediatric patients using acrylic splint with circummandibular wiring. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3707230/ /pubmed/23864964 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/930789 Text en Copyright © 2013 Krishna Priya Vellore et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Priya Vellore, Krishna
Gadipelly, Srinivas
Dutta, Brahmananda
Reddy, Vijay Bhaskar
Ram, Sri
Parsa, Arun
Circummandibular Wiring of Symphysis Fracture in a Five-Year-Old Child
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title_short Circummandibular Wiring of Symphysis Fracture in a Five-Year-Old Child
title_sort circummandibular wiring of symphysis fracture in a five-year-old child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3707230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23864964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/930789
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