Pediatric facial fractures are relatively rare. The inherent elasticity of the bones and more of cartilage than mineralized bone counts for this. The principals involved in the management of facial fractures are the same irrespective of the age of patient.
But, however in children the technique used are necessarily modified by certain anatomical, physiological, psychological and feeding factors related to the childhood and the parents. In an attempt to keep the treatment and fixation apparatus simple, the case we present here describes the management of the mandibular Para symphysis fracture in a 16 month old child, with the use of an adaptable splint made of oropharyngeal airway. The purpose of this article is to present the advantages of a prefabricated surgical splint, which was chosen as a convenient and effective conservative treatment approach in a 16- month-old boy with a…
