Reconstructive

278) Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding mandible plating techniques?

A. Wiring fractured bony fragments together will produce “primary” bone healing.
B. Dynamic compression plates (DCP) will not require a tension band across the upper alveolar border of the mandible.
C. Eccentric dynamic compression plates (EDCP) will require a miniplate along the upper alveolar border of the mandible.
D. A tension band can be a miniplate or an arch bar to be used in conjunction with dynamic compression plates (DCP).
E. Severely comminuted mandible fractures due to gunshot wounds will require both an eccentric dynamic compression plates (EDCP) at the inferior border of the mandible and miniplates at the alveolar border.




REFERENCES & ANSWER


Constantino P. D., Wolpoe M.: Facial Plating Systems, Chapter 56 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Second Edition, pp. 710-712, 2002

Constantino P. D., Tadros M., Wolpoe M.: Facial Plating Systems, Chapter 67 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Papel, editor) Thieme, Third Edition, pp. 929-944, 2009


278) D          A tension band can be a miniplate or an arch bar to be used in conjunction with dynamic compression plates (DCP).