An audit of mandibular fractures treated by intermaxillary fixation, intraosseous wiring and compression plating

As the principles of rigid internal fixation and compression osteosynthesis were adopted by maxillofacial surgeons during recent years the time-honoured methods of intermaxillary fixation and intraosseous wiring have gradually been abandoned. We have reviewed our cases of mandibular fractures operated on in recent years and the changing trends in treatment.