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Published on: January 28, 2020
Dental Implants Acting as External Fixation for the Fracture of Severe Atrophic Mandible: A Case Report
H Kinoshita1, T Ogasawara1, T Nishibata1
1Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Fukui General Hospital, Egami, Fukui 910-8561 Japan.
Abstract:
Treatment of edentulous and atrophic mandibular fractures is extremely difficult. Generally, mandibular fractures are repaired and fixed as internal fixation using a reconstruction plate or miniplates with intra- or extraoral approach. Few cases in which external fixation including a transmucosal fixation was performed have also been reported. We report a case of atrophic and edentulous mandibular fracture which was healed by the fixation using dental implants and implant-supported bridge.

