Use of bone plates and screws to manage chronic mandibular dislocation

2010

Different treatment modalities are described in literature to treat mandibular recurrent dislocation, including intra- capsular esclerosant injections, articular eminence reduction, soft tissues suture to limit condilar movement, and grafts or implants to create mechanical interference, like zygomatic arch down fracture or articular eminence in- crease by bone plates. In this paper, a patient with mandibular recurrent dislocation episodes were eliminated after bilateral fixation of bone plates to the lateral sur-face of the zygomatic arch to restrict mandibular movements. One arm of the plate was extended me-dially just below the articular eminence and fixed at lateral zygomatic arch portio…