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Effect of titanium versus conventional mini-plate for mandibular angle fractures treatment.

Kuldeep Pal, Swati Tiwari, Sumit Patidar, Rashmi Rai, Anurag Tripathi

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Kuldeep PalDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Consultant Surgeon, Pal Hospital, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Swati TiwariDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Consultants, Dr. Mudgal's Sparsh Hospital and Research, Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Sumit PatidarDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Head & Neck Cancer, Reconstructive and Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon, Consultant at OraMax Clinic, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Rashmi RaiDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Consultant Surgical Oncology, Balco Medical Centre, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
Anurag TripathiDepartment of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Consultant Surgeon, Clinic Oramax Dant Chikitsalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both titanium and stainless-steel mini plates were compared for their impact on clinical results after treating 30 patients with fractures at the mandibular angle. People in Group A (with titanium) experienced less pain (VAS), recovered faster from swelling and had a regained higher bite force (320 N) in 3 months compared to Group B (patients in Z-shaped bony plates). Only one case of infection and hardware loosening developed in Group B. Furthermore, bone healing was faster in Group A (in 6.2 weeks) than in Group B (in 7.1 weeks). Thus, titanium mini plates showed the best results.

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fracture healinginternal fixationMandibular angle fracturemaxillofacial traumastainless-steel miniplatetitanium miniplate

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PMID40636166
PMCPMC12236550

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