DENTOALVEOLAR FRACTURES

DENTOALVEOLAR FRACTURES
Dentoalveolar fractures are injuries affecting teeth with its surrounding bone. It commonly presents as a displaced segment, tooth mobility and bleeding into the adjacent oral tissues.
These injuries are commonly seen in children due to physical or sports activity and also in adults due to fall from bike or physical assaults.

The management of a dentoalveolar fracture involves the reduction of the displaced segment and its stabilization for 2‒4 weeks.
Various stabilization are available – arch bar, metal cap splints, acrylic plates fixed with per-alveolar or circum-mandibular wiring, dental splinting (using wire-composite, fiber-glass, porcelain veneer), interdental ligature wiring, bone screw-plate fixation, and suturing.