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Bone resorption after bioresorbable fixation of a fractured paediatric mandible – a case report
Author(s) -
Bali R.,
Sharma P.,
Jindal S.,
Sharma R.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-248x.2010.01107.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fixation (population genetics) , dentistry , resorption , traumatology , bone resorption , surgery , orthodontics , orthopedic surgery , pathology , population , environmental health
The use of bioresorbable fixation systems has been gaining fast momentum in contemporary maxillofacial traumatology. While indications continue to expand with improvements in strength and profiles of these implants, undesirable events, including localised sterile abscesses and osteolytic changes, have been reported during degradation of these products. We report a case of a fracture of paediatric mandiblular angle managed with bioresorbable fixation that showed significant bone resorption adjacent to the fixation site 18 months post‐operatively.