CORRELATION BETWEEN ORAL SURGERY AND MANDIBULAR FRACTURES IN OSTEOPOROSIS PATIENTS

¹ Department of Chemical Science and Technologies, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
² Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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Annals of Stomatology 2023 January-April; 3(1): 11-18
https://doi.org/10.69129/stomatol/2023v3iss1_5

Received: 18 February 2023 Accepted: 25 March 2023

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate how osteoporosis can adversely affect one of the rarest, but now very common, complications of surgery on the posterior jaw: the mandibular fracture. The term “mandibular fracture” refers to a broken jaw (mandible), while fractures of the upper jaw are sometimes called “jaw fractures”, but are usually considered facial fractures (maxillofacial fracture). The fracture usually causes pain and swelling in the affected area, as well as a feeling of misalignment of the teeth. Often, there is a narrowing of the opening of the mouth and a lateral displacement when opening or closing. The authors examined the literature to provide the scientific community with an etiological overview underlying this complication. Our analysis shows that although there are few articles in the indexed literature, this complication is quite common and often linked to the operator’s inexperience, but also to the systemic pathological influence of osteoporosis. For this reason it would seem appropriate to prevent everything by using surgical protocols that reduce jaw fractures by assessing the risk that the disease may involve.

Keywords: angle mandibular, impacted tooth, mandibular fracture, Oral surgery, third molar