Preventing hypoesthesia after a buccal plate fracture in a sagittal split procedure: a technical note

Publication date: Available online 29 July 2018

Source: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Author(s): E.P. van der Hoeve, A.R.M. Wittkampf, A.J.W.P. Rosenberg

Abstract

If during a sagittal split osteotomy a buccal plate fracture occurs, it inevitably results in a time-consuming procedure with, in many cases, hypoesthesia of the mental region as a consequence of manipulation of the inferior alveolar nerve. We would like to present a novel technique to solve a (threatening) buccal plate fracture that is quick and easy to perform, and has thus far not resulted in hypoesthesia.

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