Treatment modality outcomes of fracture mandible in child and adult patients.

Abstract

The pediatric mandible fracture is a rare occurrence when compared with the number of mandible fractures that occur within the adult population.Aims. The purpose of this study was to study the treatment outcomes of fracture mandible in child and adult patients. Patients and methods One hundred forty three patients who sustained mandibular fractures were included in this study one hundred tow (71.33%) were adult patients (sixty five were male and thirty seven patients were female) The general procedure for treating a fractured mandible is first to immobilize the jaw and set the break - "reduction." Often, a surgeon can set the bone simply by manually repositioning it "closed reduction" because it can be done through the skin and does not involve major surgery. Once the bone is set, the jaw must be stabilized and kept stationary for a period of time, to allow the broken segments to grow back together. "fixation," may involve wiring the jaw shut for two to six weeks, Results . one hundred two (71.33%) were adult patients (sixty five were male and thirty seven patients were female) average age of patients was between 16 -75 years and forty one (28.67%) patients were child age between 3- 12 years ( twenty six child were male and fifteen were female). Conclusion. Twenty five patients ( 17.48%) were presented with complication post operatively from total number one hundred forty three, other reported that complications occurred in 19.8% of the patients.