MANAGEMENT OF PEDIATRIC MANDIBULAR PARASYMPHYSEAL FRACTURE WITH ACRYLIC CLOSED CAP SPLINT: A CASE REPORT

Dental trauma in children constitutes a major and serious dental public health problem. Fractures in the mandibular region can be detected through palpation, or by observing functional alterations. Bruises and swellings in the soft tissue region also can indicate the presence of a fracture. The diagnosis should be confirmed by panoramic radiographs, by posteroanterior mandible radiographs and by localized radiographs of the affected region. A 8 year old boy reported injury to oral and perioral region. Child had swelling on the right parasymphyseal region and deviation of face towards right side with limited mouth opening difficulty in mastication and speaking with sublingual hematoma and step deformity and spacing is present in between 83 and 84. Timely treatment was done with acrylic closed cap splint appliance. Mandibular fractures in children most commonly occur in condylar region, followed by parasymphysis and angle. The fractures tend to be minimally displaced and in majority of cases can be treated conservatively. Cap splints for treatment of pediatric mandibular parasymphysis reliable fixation techniques