A study on three different methods of bone fixing in the treatment of lower jaw fractures
Phase 4
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- An otherwise healthy individual who sustained maxillofacial trauma, with fractures of isolated mandibular symphysis or parasymphysis fractures requiring open reduction and internal fixation
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/05/014101
- Lead Sponsor
- P Divya Naga Lakshmi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
1) Simple fractures of the symphysis or parasymphysis requiring open reduction and internal fixation
2) Patients presenting to the department within 48hrs of injury
3) Patient consenting for the study
Exclusion Criteria
1) Subjects with associated comminuted, displaced fractures of other regions of the mandible
2) Severe medically compromised patients and patients on immunosuppressive drugs
3) Patients with gross infection at the site of fracture
4) Edentulous patients
5) Associated midface trauma
6) Patients having neurological deficit or neurological related disorders
7) Severely periodontally compromised patients
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Treatment outcomes like stability of fractured fragments and occlusal stability using three different bone plating techniquesTimepoint: 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method wound healing or soft tissue dehiscence, vitality of teeth, palpability of plates and radio graphical displacement of fractured fragmentsTimepoint: 3 months