Relative displacement resistance of standard and low-profile bone plates in experimental mandibular angle fractures.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod

Division of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Published: April 1997

Objective: The purpose of the study was to compare the resistance to displacement of low-profile and standard titanium bone plate with an experimental mandibular angle fracture model.

Study Design: A jig was used to produce standard horizontally and vertically unfavorable mandibular angle fractures in 24 healthy baboon hemimandibles. Each hemimandible was immobilized with either a standard or a low-profile titanium bone plate with a Champy unicortical technique. The resistance to displacement was measured in a tensile-testing machine, and results were analyzed with a three-way analysis of variance.

Results: Mean (SD) forces required to displace the fractures were standard plate 68.7 (22.8) kg and low-profile plate 46.5 (24.6) kg.

Conclusions: The standard plates provided significantly more resistance to displacement, and 75% of the low-profile plates fractured through a screwhole.

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