British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 311-313, June 2007

Treatment of post-traumatic open bite by radiofrequency

  • Seong-Seok Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, #896, Pyungchon-Dong, Dongan-Gu, Anyang-city, Kyungki-do 431-070, South Korea
    • ,
  • Horatiu Rotaru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    • ,
  • Seong-Gon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, #896, Pyungchon-Dong, Dongan-Gu, Anyang-city, Kyungki-do 431-070, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 380 3873; fax: +82 31 387 2475.

Accepted 22 November 2005.

Abstract 

An 18-year-old man with a fracture of the mandibular symphysis and both condylar heads was treated by open reduction of the fractured symphysis and closed reduction of the fractures of the condylar heads. As the open-bite was not resolved by the operation, elastic traction was applied for three weeks, but there was no improvement. Finally, we gave radiofrequency treatment to the anterior bellies of the digastric muscle, after which the open-bite disappeared and at the follow-up examinations there was no recurrence.

Keywords: Condylar head fracture, Open-bite, Radiofrequency therapy

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PII: S0266-4356(05)00359-1

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.11.018

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 311-313, June 2007

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