An 18 year old boy came to our hospital with the complaint of fractured facial bone on the right side due to road traffic accident. He had difficulty in opening his mouth wide and was complaining of facial asymmetry due to backward displacement of fractured facial bone.
After thorough clinical and radiological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M.Balaji diagnosed fractured right body of zygoma with posterior displacement. This led to difficulty in mouth opening due to hindered movement of coronoid process. To avoid scar formation, intraorally through sulcular incision fractured zygoma was exposed, elevated and fixed using 4 hole titanium bone plate. This improved his mouth opening dramatically. Patient was very happy to have fractured facial bone fixation without any surgical marks.
After thorough clinical and radiological examination, Maxillofacial Surgeon Dr. S.M.Balaji diagnosed fractured right body of zygoma with posterior displacement. This led to difficulty in mouth opening due to hindered movement of coronoid process. To avoid scar formation, intraorally through sulcular incision fractured zygoma was exposed, elevated and fixed using 4 hole titanium bone plate. This improved his mouth opening dramatically. Patient was very happy to have fractured facial bone fixation without any surgical marks.
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