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Mal-united Mandible fracture- a case report and literature review

Sandeep Kumar Jha, Debjit Dhamali, Debajyoti Roy, Sharmishtha Chakroborty

Mandible fracture is usually treated primarily with miniplates, lag screws or Kirschner’s wire with or without maxilla mandibular fixa-tion (MMF). The timing of surgical treatment is determined by multitude of factors includ-ing neurological and general condition of the patient. A delay in treatment at times may cause com-plications like non-union and malunion with occlusal abnormalities and disturbance in temporomandibular joint function. Here we are presenting a case of Mandible fracture that went into malunion due to delay in treat-ment. The malunited fracture was successful-ly repaired with a good occlusion.