Anatomy
The entire course of the inferior alveolar nerve through the mandible
What is enters through mandibular foramen, through the inferior alveolar canal, exits through mental foramen
Patient has a parasymphyseal fracture, you should always check for
What is concomitant contralateral condylar fracture?
You remove teeth when...
Fracture with the highest rate of complications
What is angle fracture?
Condylar process subdivisions
1. Head
2. Neck
3. Subcondylar
Your patient cannot feel her lower lip, the nerve that is injured is most likely
What is inferior alveolar nerve?
Patient is sedated, occlusion is checked by
What is wear facets?
A patient with bilateral condylar fractures would benefit from what type of treatment
What is at least one fracture treated with ORIF to re-establish posterior facial height?
A patient comes to the ED with fluctuant mass in his lower jaw, he reports he had surgery to fix his broken jaw a week ago, the management plan for the abscess and hardware is
What is drainage and hardware stays in place if it is not loose?
What muscle(s) have a superior and medial directional force
What is
1. Masseter
2. Temporalis
3. Medial pterygoid
Anatomic divisions of mandible
What is...
1. Symphysis and parasymphysis
2. Body
3. Angle
4. ramus
5. Condylar process
6. Coronoid process
The fractured mandible deviates in which direction
What is towards the fracture?
Patient with a nonmobile, non-displaced mandibular body fracture on CT flashes her perfect pearly whites, your treatment plan is
What is a soft diet for 4 to 6 weeks?
A 20 year old presents to clinic for reconstructive options for a severe facial asymmetry, you suspect a history of..
What is a mistreated childhood intraarticular condylar fracture?
What nerve is protected by going with an intraoral incision?
What is the facial nerve and it's branches?
On exam, the patient's smile is uneven, the nerve that must be injured is
What is marginal mandibular nerve?
You examine the patient and notice an anterior open bite, fracture(s) you are considering include
What is bilateral condylar fractures or bilateral angle fractures?
Condylar fractures...to surgically treat, to MMF, to soft diet and observe....what is one thing that is definite about the treatment for these fractures?
What is early active range of motion therapy?
Four weeks after fixation of the right angle using two miniplates, the patient presents with a draining sinus tract through the skin, you're concerned about what and what is the management?
What is screw loosening and infection. Take back to OR to remove hardware and replace with rigid fixation?
What muscle(s) has/have an inferior directional force on the mandible
What is digastric, geniohyoid, genioglossus, mylohyoid
Mental foramen is commonly located
What is the inferior to the 2nd molar?
What is distal to mandibular foramen?
An 93 year old, edentulous female presents from her nursing facility with a bilateral parasymphiseal fracture, your plan is
What is observation and soft diet?
A patient presents to his two week follow up after ORIF of a mandible fracture, the surgeon immediately notices a deviation of the jaw, what crucial step did they miss during the case?
What is assessing the final occlusion by releasing MMF?
Mixed dentition phase for children
What is 6 to 12 years?