Management of Mandibular Fractures Using Locking and Nonlocking Miniplates.

Purpose: The study proposed to determine the superiority between locking plate and nonlocking miniplate for mandibular fractures (MFs) treatment.

Methods: A comprehensive electronic search examining Medline-Ovid, Embase, and PubMed databases language without date was performed in February 2018. Inclusion criteria were studies in humans, including randomized controlled trials, controlled clinical trials, with the aim of comparing the 2 techniques.