Open AccessEsthetic correction of depressed frontal bone fracture
Author(s) -
JK Dayashankara Rao,
Vijaylaxmi Malhotra,
Ravi S Batra,
Abhishek Kukreja
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.85858
Subject(s) - medicine , frontal bone , dentistry , orthodontics , bone cement , bone fracture , fracture (geology) , surgery , radiology , cement , skull , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , engineering , history
Depressed frontal bone fractures are occasionally seen in maxillofacial trauma patient. If untreated, they look un-esthetic. Although there are numerous options available for correction of these defects, use of bone cement (polymethylmethacrylate or PMMA) is simple and reliable. This is the report of one such case.