Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: July | Volume: 10 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 198-202
Management of Paediatric Mandibular Parasymphysis Fracture with Open Cap Splint: A Definitive Conservative Treatment Modality
Ishika Garg1, Santoshni Samal2, Arun Kumar3
1Post Graduate Trainee, 3Associate Professor,
Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, PGIDS, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
2Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, SCB Dental College and Hospital, Cuttack, India.
Corresponding Author: Ishika Garg
ABSTRACT
The incidence of paediatric maxillofacial fractures is relatively rare and accounts for approximately 5% of all facial traumas. Mandibular fractures are the most common facial skeletal injury in paediatric trauma patients, accounting for 56% of all such cases. Treatment principles of paediatric mandibular fractures differ from those of the adult population in that a conservative approach is advocated in most of the paediatric cases. The present case report describes successful conservative management of paediatric mandibular parasymphyseal fracture treated with open cap splint.
Key words: Parasymphysis fracture, cap splint, conservative treatment.