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KMID : 0353319890130010141
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Oral Biology Research
1989 Volume.13 No. 1 p.141 ~ p.149
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Treatment of Mandible dislocation with bone hook
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Kim Kwang-Jin
Shin Kang-Soo
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Abstract
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The longer the mandible remains dislocated, the more difficult is the management of the condition. Muscle relaxation and manipulation may reduce the dislocation after a few minutes or hours ; howevar, the passage of time brings more severe muscle spasm and fibrotic preauricular changes, increasing the problem. Manual reposition is not possible anymore in most cases. Most of the reported case of prolonged dislocation have been treated surgically. The following report discusses a case of anterior dislocation of the mandible of five months´ duration that was treated successfully by the conservative method using the bone hook.
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