ReviewOral and maxillofacial surgery2010
Considerations of mandibular angle fractures during and after surgery for removal of third molars: a review of the literature.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Role of third molars in mandibular fractures: a systematic umbrella review with updated meta-analysis.Frontiers in oral health · 2026Pooled it
- Ectopic third mandibular molar: evaluation of surgical practices and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2021Pooled it
- Identifying the risk factors causing iatrogenic mandibular fractures associated with exodontia: a systemic meta-analysis of 200 cases from 1953 to 2015.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2016Pooled it
- Assessment of hematologic parameters before and after bimaxillary orthognathic surgery.Oral and maxillofacial surgery · 2016Trial
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- Late mandibular fracture after third molar extraction: a malpractice case or not?The Journal of forensic odonto-stomatology · 2025Article
- The effect of gender and menstrual cycle phase on patıents undergoıng ımpacted thırd molar surgery: a cross-sectıonal study.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2024Article
- Evaluation of residual bone mass of the mandibular third molar and the risk of mandibular fracture.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2024Article
- Bilateral iatrogenic fracture of the jaw during the removal of third molars: Rare case report.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2024Article
- Can Histopathological Evidence of Ankylosis of the Tooth be Helpful in the Prevention of a Medicolegal Case in Case of Iatrogenic Fracture of the Mandible during Dental Extraction where Preoperative Radiographs have not been Taken?Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2023Article
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- Iatrogenic Mandibular Ramus Fracture Following Surgical Removal of Impacted Third Molar.Journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery · 2023Article
- Prevalence of intraoperative and postoperative iatrogenic mandibular fractures after lower third molar extraction: A systematic review.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2022Review
- Cross-Sectional Imaging of Third Molar-Related Abnormalities.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2020Review
- Simultaneous surgery of mandibular reduction and impacted mandibular third molar extraction: A retrospective study of 65 cases.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Extraction of impacted third molar with preventive installation of titanium miniplate: Case report.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2020Article
- Stress distribution in mandibular donor site after harvesting bone grafts of various sizes from the ascending ramus of a dentate mandible by finite element analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2019Article
- Osteomyelitis of the Mandible Caused by Late Fracture following Third Molar Extraction.Case reports in dentistry · 2019Article
- Extending Coronectomy Indications to Third Molars with Taurodontism to Prevent Paresthesia and Mandible Fracture.Case reports in dentistry · 2018Article
- Isolated bilateral mandibular angle fractures: an extensive literature review of the rare clinical phenomenon with presentation of a classical clinical model.Craniomaxillofacial trauma & reconstruction · 2015Article
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Abstract
backgroundAngle fractures are quite common considering that the angle of the mandible forms an area of lower resistance which contains a thicker upper border, a thin basilar bone, and the presence of an impacted mandibular third molar. Common complications of mandibular third molar surgery include alveolar osteitis (dry socket), secondary infection, nerve dysfunction, and hemorrhage. Reports of mandibular fracture during and after third molar removal are uncommon. PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the risk and predisposing factors that should be analyzed regarding the possibility of immediate and late mandibular angle fractures and their need for surgical treatment as a means through which to remove impacted molars. This study is based on a thorough review of the literature as well as on one immediate and one late mandibular angle fracture as described by the authors' own personal experience.
conclusionsThe danger of an immediate jaw fracture can be avoided by means of proper instrumentation and by refraining from excessive force on the bone. The tooth should be sectioned in such a way as to minimize the extent of bone removal and force caused by instrumentation. The danger of a late jaw fracture can be avoided by precise diagnosis in cases of patients over 25 years of age, particularly men, whose tooth roots are superimposed on or adjacent to the inferior alveolar canal on a panoramic image, any local pathology and systemic disease or medications which may impair bone strength, and patients who present bruxism and are active athletes.
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