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Ana Carulina Rezende de Moraes Ferreira1, Idelmo Rangel Garcia Junior, Adalberto Novaes Silva
1*Postgraduate Program in Odontology at UNESP, São Paulo State University †Habilitation in Surgery and Traumatology at Faculty of Dentistry of Araçatuba (UNESP) and Adjunct Professor III, Department of Integrated Clinical and Surgery of São Paulo (UNESP), College of Dentistry Araçatuba, São Paulo ‡Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso-UFMT, Cuiabá §Postgraduate Program in Odontology at UNESP, São Paulo State University, São Paulo ||Residency Program in Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology, University of Cuiabá/Hospital General Universitario ¶Professional Masters in Integrated Dental Science, University of Cuiabá-UNIC, Cuiaba, Brazil.
Abstract:
Fractures of atrophic mandibles are present on the day by day of buccomaxillofacial surgeons. Mandible atrophy occurs due to tooth loss, which over time induces bone resorption leading to a fragile and susceptible to fracture structure. This paper reports the case of a patient victim of face trauma resulting in atrophic mandible fracture with treatment failure through the use of shared load miniplate. Therefore, a new treatment was performed with miniplate of system 2.4 along with bone graft. After 6 months, the patient was rehabilitated with implant-supported prosthesis installation. It is concluded that for successful treatment of atrophic mandible fractures, the use of rigid plates is necessary, allowing an excellent rehabilitation of the stomatognathic system.
