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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016

A 34-year-old patient complains of pain in the lower right jaw, reduced mouth opening. Objectively: dentition is intact both on the upper and lower jaw, there is premature contact between the 46 and 47 teeth. Diagnosis: traumatic fracture of the mandible in the area of the 46 tooth with fragment displacement. What construction would be advisable for temporary immobilization of the mandible fragments?

Answer options

  1. Weber’s splint
  2. Plastic kappa
  3. Entin’s head-chin strap
  4. Tigerstedt’s splint
  5. Temporary plastic splint
Correct answer

Tigerstedt’s splint

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