소아에 발생한 하악 과두돌기 골절의 치료 : 증례보고

Treatment of pediatric condylar fractures : case reports

The pediatric condylar fracutre occurs very frequently in the mandible, but this injury is occasionally ignored due to difficulty of diagnosis and no cooperation of patient. The adequate initial diagnosis and active treatment must be performed because delayed and improper treatment lead to possible severe complications such as TMJ ankylosis and retardation of mandibular development. Most pediatric condylar fracture is mainly performed by the conservative or functional treatment, but it may be required open reduction according to cases. The authors present five cases of pediatric condylar fracture of the mandible and fair recovery of the jaw function through the conservative or functional treatment(Activator etc).