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Revista Portuguesa de Estomatologia,
Medicina Dentária e Cirurgia Maxilofacial

rev port estomatol med dent cir maxilofac. 2018;59(1):44-48

Case report

Non-surgical management of bilateral mandibular
condyle fracture: Six-year follow-up. A case report

a
b
Paulo Domingos Ribeiro-Junior , Luis Eduardo Marques Padovan ,
a,
a
Nataira Regina Momesso , Gabriel Lucio Calazans Duarte *, Ana Carolina Ficho a
a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Traumatology, University of Sagrado Coração, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
b Stricto Sensu Post-graduate Program in Dentistry with Concentration Area Implantology, Latin American Institute for Research and Dental
Education (ILAPEO), Curitiba, PR, Brazil

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: The mandibular condyle is the area most frequently affected by mandibular fractures. The-
Received 8 November 2017 se fractures may be treated non-surgically, with closed reduction, or with open reduction
Accepted 10 May 2018 and fixation with miniplates and screws. This study reports the treatment selected for a
Available online 22 May 2018 patient affected by three mandibular fractures: a symphyseal fracture and two bilateral
subcondylar fractures after facial trauma. The mandibular symphyseal fracture was treated
Keywords: with open reduction and internal fixation. The subcondylar fractures were treated non-sur-
Conservative management gically. (Rev Port Estomatol Med Dent Cir Maxilofac. 2018;59(1):44-48)
Mandibular condyles © 2018 Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária.
Mandibular fracture Published by SPEMD. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: gabriel7duarte@gmail.com (Gabriel Lucio Calazans Duarte).
http://doi.org/10.24873/j.rpemd.2018.05.215
1646-2890/© 2017 Sociedade Portuguesa de Estomatologia e Medicina Dentária. Published by SPEMD.
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).