1Intern, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Sthitaprajna Lenka, Reader, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Institute of Dental Sciences, Siksha ‘O ’Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, e-mail: sthitaprajnalenka@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Facial fractures are very common fractures now in these days. Both maxilla and mandible are affected in this case. Male are more affected than female. This may happen due to road accident, fall, fights or during any sport events. Mandible is the most common site of accident although it is the heaviest and strongest facial bone. Injury to the teeth present in the line of fracture may involve many factors like avulsion, mobility, non-vitality, root fracture etc. involving periodontium. It has always been a disputed among the surgeons; whether to extract the tooth or not present in the line of fracture. Some advice to extract the tooth to avoid complication, where some advice to retain the tooth believing in benefit of the patient. This article aims to give an idea about whether the teeth in line of fracture should be retain or remove.
Angle of mandible, fracture line, complication, infection of teeth
