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A method for direct fabrication of a lingual splint for management of pediatric mandibular fractures.

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Pediatric mandibular fractures have successfully been managed in various ways. The use of a lingual splint is one such option. The typical indirect method for acrylic lingual splint fabrication involves obtaining dental impressions. Dental models are produced from those impressions so that model surgery may be performed. The splint is then made on those models using resin powder and liquid monomer in a wet laboratory and transferred to the patient. Obvious limitations to this technique exist for both patient and operator. We present a technique for direct, intraoperative, fabrication of a splint using commercially available light-cured material that avoids some of the shortcomings of the indirect method. Recommendations are made based on available material safety information.

SUBMITTER: Romeo GP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4174053 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A method for direct fabrication of a lingual splint for management of pediatric mandibular fractures.

Romeo Gerardo P GP Davies Sarah S Costello Bernard J BJ

Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open 20131001 7

<h4>Summary</h4>Pediatric mandibular fractures have successfully been managed in various ways. The use of a lingual splint is one such option. The typical indirect method for acrylic lingual splint fabrication involves obtaining dental impressions. Dental models are produced from those impressions so that model surgery may be performed. The splint is then made on those models using resin powder and liquid monomer in a wet laboratory and transferred to the patient. Obvious limitations to this tec ...[more]

PMID: 25289246

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