Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry ยท 2010
A 7-year-old child sustained a sport injury. He complains about pain in the region of mandible, inability to join his teeth. Pressing against the chin causes intensification of pain in the region of mandible on the right. The child is diagnosed with a fracture of mandible body without fragment displacement. What therapeutic tactics should be chosen in order to prevent the displacement of bone fragments in the transitional dentition?
Answer options
- Application of sling bandage
- Administration of anti-inflammatory therapy
- Fragment immobilization by means of an intraoral splint
- Fixation by means of Tigerstedt splints
- Osteosynthesis
Correct answer
Fragment immobilization by means of an intraoral splint
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