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Abstract
Three hundred eleven patients with mandibular fractures were studied prospectively to ascertain the influence of jaw immobilization on mouth opening. Maxillomandibular fixation caused a significant reduction in mouth opening whereas open reduction did not. Furthermore, there appeared to be a relationship between the duration of immobilization and the degree of reduction of mouth opening such that the shorter the duration of fixation, the less the reduction.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3471923 DOI: 10.1016/0278-2391(87)90004-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Oral Maxillofac Surg ISSN: 0278-2391 Impact factor: 1.895