Open AccessOn the treatment of mandibular scar ankylosis
Author(s) -
P. A. Glushkov
Publication year - 1923
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj80101
Subject(s) - ankylosis , medicine , surgery , dentistry , orthodontics
The wave of different kinds of epidemics that swept over Russia and has not yet subsided even to the present day, left its mark in dental surgery, in particular, in the form of cicatricial ankylosis of the lower jaw, which are the results of necrotic processes in the mouth, arising from either a suffered infection or general exhaustion. Omitting a review of all methods of treatment of this disease, let us dwell only on the methods of resection of the lower jaw as the most radical, and first of all let us consider the treatment of cicatricial ankylosis.