Treatment of subcondylar fracture of the mandible.

ABSTRACT

Forty eight patients with subcondylar fracture of the mandible were study prospectively. 42 patients were treated by non-reductive method and 6 patients were treated by open reduction and internal fixation method. The patients were followed up for about one to three years duration. AII of the patients treated by open reduction showed good alignment and good function. The patients treated by non-reductive method showed poorer alignment nine cases could not protease normally. AII of the patients which could not profuse normally had been immobilized by intermaxillary fixation procedure. This study shows that non-reductive treatment without intermaxillary fixation can by used to treat the patients as a standard method.